iHOPerator: user-scripting a personalized bioinformatics Web, starting with the iHOP website

Background: User-scripts are programs stored in Web browsers that can manipulate the content of websites prior to display in the browser. They provide a novel mechanism by which users can conveniently gain increased control over the content and the display of the information presented to them on the Web. As the Web is the primary medium by which scientists retrieve biological information, any improvements in the mechanisms that govern the utility or accessibility of this information may have profound effects. GreaseMonkey is a Mozilla Firefox extension that facilitates the development and deployment of user-scripts for the Firefox web-browser. We utilize this to enhance the content and the presentation of the iHOP (information Hyperlinked Over Proteins) website. Results: The iHOPerator is a GreaseMonkey user-script that augments the gene-centred pages on iHOP by providing a compact, configurable visualization of the defining information for each gene and by enabling additional data, s...

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2006
• Where: BMCBI
• Authors: Benjamin M. Good, Edward A. Kawas, Byron Yu-Lin Kuo, Mark D. Wilkinson
• Keywords: BMCBI 2006, IHOP, Information, Mozilla Firefox Extension