If you are really sold on a fancy UI and wish to consider the other poster's "download the whole database idea" and allow automated access without lots of repeated code versions, java is the obvious choice for everything. An applet for the browser is easily invoked standalone with little additional effort. Java is fast enough for most UI's and has the flexibility for a programming language with lots of built in UI support.
This may sound a bit silly but I also wouldn't dismiss support for mobile phones. I used to find myself surfing pubmed or otherwise looking into stuff while on the freeway or waiting in various locations. If you have something which is well treated with a GUI that looks like a video game, maybe it would be a natural spare time activity on mobile devices :) Mike Marchywka 586 Saint James Walk Marietta GA 30067-7165 404-788-1216 (C)<- leave message 989-348-4796 (P)<- emergency only [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note: If I am asking for free stuff, I normally use for hobby/non-profit information but may use in investment forums, public and private. Please indicate any concerns if applicable. Note: Hotmail is possibly blocking my mom's entire ISP - try me on [EMAIL PROTECTED] if no reply here. Thanks. > Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2008 23:11:34 +0530 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [BiO BB] Advanced web query interfaces for biological databases > > It will be an interesting UI design. > Now many bioinformatics web resources are coming up with intuitive use of js > libraries like YUI, scriptaculous etc. Flex is also an excellent tool for > revolutionary UI development. If I were you, I would have used a combination > of js library + flex > > thats my 2 cents > cheers, > Shameer > _________________________________________________________________ Pack up or back up–use SkyDrive to transfer files or keep extra copies. Learn how. hthttp://www.windowslive.com/skydrive/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_skydrive_packup_042008 _______________________________________________ BBB mailing list [email protected] http://www.bioinformatics.org/mailman/listinfo/bbb
