Prototype Generic Genome Browser

We are extending the GenericGenomeBrowser (GBrowse) with AJAX, community annotation and other "Web 2.0"-y ideas.

You can see what we have so far at genome.biowiki.org.

Documentation

See: AJAXGBrowseDocs

Feature requests

Please see our Prototype GBrowse Wish List for what we intend to add and other info.

Compatibility Note

We aim for Firefox, Safari and Internet Explorer compatibility. The last (IE) tends to have the most glitches at any given time.

Acknowledgements

We are now using the Dojo toolkit, after going on a framework odyssey from Prototype+Scriptaculous, through YUI, and finally to Dojo.

Comments and Discussion

We used to have a comment form here, until the TWiki comment plugin broke and we never got around to fixing it... ahem.

If you want to edit the page and add a comment, go right ahead. At some point we'll get some sort of blog, feature tracker, whatever...

• Keep up the good work! I'm looking forward to use the grab and drag feature with my own data - TWikiGuest - 31 May 2006 18:54:13
• google web toolkit anyone? - TWikiGuest - 20 May 2006 03:49:29
• Added link to powerpoint attachment - IanHolmes - 11 Apr 2006 10:07:42
• Added the PowerPoint presentation on the browser from our 3/17/2006 lab meeting. - AndrewUzilov - 28 Mar 2006 19:33:15
• Interesting about the GView... looks pretty nice, but doesn't seem to have caching, so the refresh takes a while when you switch views... also you can't drag it. But you can upload stuff! So presumably it renders on the fly.

On a side note, has anyone been having to wait a lot for the tiles to load in our demo? I get this sometimes when I browse from home, and I'm wondering if we should upgrade our server. Ian, Chris (or anyone else reading this)... what's it like to browse offsite? - AndrewUzilov - 28 Mar 2006 18:50:53

• another AJAXified genome browser: GView at http://nocardia.nih.go.jp/ - IanHolmes - 27 Mar 2006 06:57:10
• Ishan Anand discusses a genome editor in the spirit of genome.biowiki.org - IanHolmes - 12 Mar 2006 07:32:27
• Carl - yeah, that's definately a good idea, I've been planning to do that, just forgot to put it up on the wishlist... will add it right away. - AndrewUzilov - 07 Mar 2006 19:17:15
• I think that vertical scroll position should be preserved following a zoom. CarlManaster - TWikiGuest - 07 Mar 2006 15:09:37
• Drosophila melanogaster chromosome 4 is up on the demo, with certain problems, but up nonetheless - AndrewUzilov - 05 Mar 2006 01:44:57
• See also prototype GBrowse WishList - IanHolmes - 04 Mar 2006 22:01:18
• test comment - AndrewUzilov - 03 Mar 2006 01:21:49

The Authors Say...

Happy browsing!

(this has been brought to you by MitchSkinner, IanHolmes, ChrisMungall, and AndrewUzilov)

-- AndrewUzilov - 03 Mar 2006