Re: [DIYbio] Genome Compiler

Ok, if you ever bring a mic (no need for camera - just want to show you stuff) just ping me.

On Monday, July 2, 2012 6:09:31 PM UTC+3, Cathal wrote:

I would gladly, but my laptop's achilles' heel is its camera/mic combo,
and I neglected to bring my in-ear mic to work.

I look forward to trying the webapp though, if only to compare to GENtle
1/2.

On 02/07/12 15:29, Omri Drory wrote:
> Hi Cathal, we haven't release the web app version yet!
>
> Let's talk on Skype (user name omri.drory) or goole hangout
>
> On Monday, July 2, 2012 4:33:19 PM UTC+3, Cathal wrote:
>>
>> Hi Omri,
>> I tried using your webapp version (I even installed Abode Flash, but
>> it's getting uninstalled again now that I'm finished), and it seems to
>> require Adobe Air even on Linux.
>>
>> I'm afraid that means I'm unable to use it without installing an
>> outdated version of an Adobe product (they ceased supporting Air for
>> Linux months ago), which is personal-computing-suicide.
>>
>> Thanks anyway,
>> Cathal
>>
>> On 05/06/12 17:42, Omri Drory wrote:
>>> Hi Cathal, before we started coding our new version of Genome Compiler
>>> (prototype was .net/c# on win only) we looked at many tech options and
>> had
>>> a big discussion about this. We're really tech agnostics - we only care
>>> about budding the best bioCAD tool possible and having satisfied users.
>>>
>>> Most likely we will need to move to another tech platform - but for now,
>>> most of our users (as based on info we get from people logging to our
>> site)
>>> use macs/pc. We have limited personal and budget and can only do so
>> much.
>>>
>>> Hope you will use our web version (yes - even though it will be flash)
>> on
>>> linux soon.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Omri
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, June 5, 2012 3:41:18 AM UTC-7, Cathal wrote:
>>>>
>>>> ...But it's not cross platform. It's Mac/Windows only.
>>>> There are oodles of other systems that are fully cross platform and
>> more
>>>> powerful/secure than Adobe anything. Consider Python3/TclTK a nice
>>>> standard of this class.
>>>>
>>>> Even properly written code in C is "cross-platform" because you can
>> just
>>>> compile it to each architecture. Less convenient than Python, but still
>>>> miles better than Air.
>>>>
>>>> Air is pretty. It might be easy to work with, I don't know. But it's
>> not
>>>> cross-platform at all. And, as an Adobe product, it should be
>> considered
>>>> a malware backdoor.
>>>>
>>>> On 04/06/12 22:15, Omri Drory wrote:
>>>>> Hi Bryan, this Omri (CEO of Genome Compiler) - we use AIR only because
>>>> of
>>>>> the cross-platform support. We're not in love with this platform and
>>>> hope
>>>>> to move to HTML5 when it's mature enough.
>>>>>
>>>>> Please do try our software - there much we plan to build and support
>> our
>>>>> community (just gave a talk at bioC + supporting iGem)
>>>>>
>>>>> Feel free to contact me at omri@genomecompiler.com if you have any
>>>> feedback
>>>>>
>>>>> Omri
>>>>>
>>>>> On Friday, June 1, 2012 7:35:00 PM UTC-7, Bryan Bishop wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 4:34 PM, ruphos <apokruphos@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> Hard to say. They don't give any info about their program (that I
>>>> could
>>>>>>> find, anyway) until you click the install button. Unfortunately,
>>>> they're
>>>>>>> using adobe air as a platform, which no longer supports linux-based
>>>>>> OSes.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sounds sorta useless. The only reason you might choose Adobe Air is
>>>>>> because you were sold over the hype about protecting your machine
>>>>>> code, but that's not really true because, hell, we're biohackers. The
>>>>>> other possible reason is some claim about cross-platform support, but
>>>>>> there are tons of more biologist-friendly options for that (pyjs
>> keeps
>>>>>> claiming to be one, but there are others). Smells fishy to me.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - Bryan
>>>>>> http://heybryan.org/
>>>>>> 1 512 203 0507
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
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>>>
>>
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