BLAST: a more efficient report with usability improvements

BLAST: a more efficient report with usability improvements

2013, Vol. 41, Web Server issue | Grzegorz M. Boratyn, Christiam Camacho, Peter S. Cooper, George Coulouris, Amelia Fong, Ning Ma, Thomas L. Madden*, Wayne T. Matten, Scott D. McGinnis, Yuri Merezhuk, Yan Raytselis, Eric W. Sayers, Tao Tao, Jian Ye and Irena Zaretskaya
The article discusses improvements to the BLAST report on the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) website, which is a crucial resource for sequence searching and alignment. The new BLAST report aims to enhance usability by improving loading speed, adding navigation aids, and providing easy downloading options for subject sequences and reports. The report redesign addresses issues such as inconsistent linking to NCBI resources, unclear icons, truncated titles, and lack of navigational links in the alignment section. The new report uses asynchronous JavaScript (AJAX) to format alignments on demand, allowing users to scroll or select specific alignments for viewing. It also includes additional download options and links to other NCBI resources, such as the graphical sequence viewer and distance tree. The authors plan to further enhance the NCBI BLAST website by adding new features and improving integration with other resources.The article discusses improvements to the BLAST report on the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) website, which is a crucial resource for sequence searching and alignment. The new BLAST report aims to enhance usability by improving loading speed, adding navigation aids, and providing easy downloading options for subject sequences and reports. The report redesign addresses issues such as inconsistent linking to NCBI resources, unclear icons, truncated titles, and lack of navigational links in the alignment section. The new report uses asynchronous JavaScript (AJAX) to format alignments on demand, allowing users to scroll or select specific alignments for viewing. It also includes additional download options and links to other NCBI resources, such as the graphical sequence viewer and distance tree. The authors plan to further enhance the NCBI BLAST website by adding new features and improving integration with other resources.
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