[Bioperl-l] Deobfuscator interface now available

[Catherine Letondal]

On May 15, 2006, at 9:34 PM, David Messina wrote:

>>>> A couple of minor interface thoughts.
>>>>
>>>> 1)There's quite a lot of methods for many of the classes. As such, I
>>>> think I'll often want to browse through what's available in a
>>>> class. But
>>>> 60% or so of the screen real estate is used for "Enter a search
>>>> string... OR select a class from the list". IMO, it would be
>>>> better to
>>>> have two pages, a search page and a result page.   It only takes
>>>> a click
>>>> on Back (or a "new search" button) to get to a new search, and
>>>> now you
>>>> can use your whole screen for reading your results.
>>>
>>> As the compromise it must be, I like the way it behaves. I don't like
>>> lots of windows. I especially don't like pop up windows. Right now
>>> when
>>> I'm using the bioperl docs I tend to have a whole bunch of tabs
>>> open to
>>> different class pages at once, so being able to see an overview
>>> all on
>>> one page in Deobfuscator is very nice.
>
> I think the current behavior makes sense as the default, but I like
> the idea of being able to view the search results in a separate
> window for easier browsing. Thanks for the suggestion; I'll add it to
> the list.
>

First, thanks for this very useful Web interface!

There are examples (quite ajaxian ones) that reach a compromise between 
several windows for easily browsing large results, and composing 
everything in one window to get an overview - the 2 examples that come 
in my mind currently are (not biology related):
	- http://montreal.mspace.fm/chi/sched/
	- http://www.live.com/
		(see the slider on the top right enabling to squeeze or enlarge the 
results area)


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Catherine Letondal -- Institut Pasteur