by Andrew Su | Oct 1, 2009 | BioGPS, customizability, feature, layouts
In what I think is one of the best features we’ve rolled out recently, we’re happy to announce the new “Quick-add” feature for customizing gene report layouts.Previously, in order to add a new plugin to a layout, users had to click over to the...
by Andrew Su | Apr 2, 2009 | BioGPS, customizability, extensibility, plugin, usage stats
It’s been one week since we started redirecting SymAtlas users to BioGPS, and we’ve been thrilled with the response so far. Comparing the seven days after the change with the seven days before, we see a 55% increase in BioGPS page views (25,871 vs 16,726)...
by Andrew Su | Jan 19, 2009 | BioGPS, customizability, extensibility
Recently, GenomeWeb did a pretty extensive write-up of BioGPS. I think it’s a pretty detailed and accurate view of how BioGPS fits into the sphere of online biological resources. The only part I take a bit of issue with is the series of quotes by Larry Moran,...
by Andrew Su | Nov 11, 2008 | BioGPS, customizability, layouts, plugin
In the last post, we described how the BioGPS plugin interface will be based on simple HTML. Before we go into exactly how this will work technically, let’s first look at the power and extensibility it enables.We previously described that customizability is a...
by Andrew Su | Jul 25, 2008 | BioGPS, customizability, extensibility, long tail, symatlas
BioGPS is our new gene annotation portal. As mentioned previously, the unique feature of BioGPS will be its unwavering commitment to the Long Tail.If you’re passionate about the concept of the Long Tail as I’ve grown to become, you can certainly spend long...
