[MOBY-dev] Seahawk Testing

[Paul Gordon]

Hello fellow MOBYers,

I've posted an update of the Seahawk applet to:

http://moby.ucalgary.ca/seahawk

I fixed several small bugs, and added the capability to specify a 
different central registry (using the new "Preferences" dialog box).
If you choose a different MOBY central, I suggest you close your browser 
and restart Seahawk.
If you get a chance, please check it out and let me know of any bugs you 
find, before we start unleashing MOBY virgins on it in
the next couple of weeks. 
I am hoping (as Mark alluded to last week) that Seahawk can help the 
less technically inclined than us actually use MOBY to its
full potential.  Brief overview of some features:

-Zero install (signed applet)
-Data creation by highlighting (see the Help file)
-Drag and drop support (e.g. drag sample data from the API specification 
from your Web browser onto Seahawk).  I use this a lot.
-Secondary and multiple-primary parameter support
-Hierarchical service selection menus
-Support for "asynchronous" services, in the Spanish style :-)
-A moby data clipboard
-Exports browsing history as SCUFL (read: Taverna) workflow
-Multiple tabs, for concurrent service execution
-Open source:  its all in the Java MOBY CVS

Near-future features:
-Web-forms as MOBY Services: wrapping-by-example
-Sidebar with Favorites and Suggestions

Happy MOBYing!

Paul

P.S. The Seahawk JAR file 
(http://moby.ucalgary.ca/seahawk/java/seahawk.jar) can also be used 
directly as an application, i.e.: java -jar seahawk.jar
If there is demand, I will create an InstallAnywhere package for it.