SeWeR: SEquence analysis using WEb Resources

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             (Version 3.0 Beta)
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Malay K Basu
malay@bioinformatics.org

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What's new in version 3.0 ?  
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This is the first W3C DOM compatible version of SeWeR. That means,
SeWeR now runs in almost all the major browsers, particularly,
Netscape (Mozilla), and Firefox. This is an almost complete rewrite of
the internal JavaScript engine of SeWeR. This version was tested in
NetScape 7.* on Linux and Windows, Firefox 0.8 on Linux and Windows,
and
 Internet Explorer 6 on Windows.

Please note, this is the last version of SeWeR that will support
NetScape 4.

*Note: During the release of this version I had no access to OsX
machine. This version, therefore, is not tested on OsX. Do request
Apple to donate me a machine ;-)

All the major and minor link problems has been fixed.


System Requirement
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SeWeR is entirely written in JavaScript1.2. Requires JavaScript
enabled browser. SeWeR runs in all versions of NetScape (Mozilla),
version greater than 4 and all versions of Internet Explorer, version
greater than 4. All DOM compatible browsers should theoretically run
SeWeR without any problem. But none of the other browsers has been
tested.
 

*Note: Due to unavailability of any OsX machine this version of SeWeR
has not been tested on Mac OsX. This version of SeWeR is officially
supported only for Linux and Windows platform. OsX users are on their
own. Please do not request to solve any Mac OsX related problem.

Installation instruction
 
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Unzip this archive and run "sewer.htm" in your browser.
 
 
 

Copyright information
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SeWeR is released under GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSING. For details
contact "http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html".
 
 

SeWeR is GIF Free
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All the images in SeWeR are PNGs. SeWeR is
completely GIF free!
 
 
 


Release notes from earlier version:
 
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Version 2.6 (August 19, 2001)
 
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Savvy, a plasmid drawing programs has been integrated. To run Savvy,
you require a SVG viewer installed in your computer. The easiest way
is to installed Adobe SVG viewer plugin (http://www.adobe.com). If
the
 plugin is not available for your platform you can you BATIK SVG
viewer
 from Apache project (http://www.apache.org).
 
 

Several program update, including Blast, Clustal.
 
 

Version 2.5 (November 11, 2000)
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SeWeR is completely customizable now. A completely new section of
"customization" has been added. The User can add any program/service
to SeWeR
 at will. 
 
 The "program descriptions" are also dynamic.
 


Version 2.0 (April 13, 2000)
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SeWeR is an acronym, stands for SEquence analysis using
 WEb
Resources. In addition to its common *dirty* use, the
 word SeWeR also
has two meanings- first, "a medieval
 servant or household officer of
high rank in charge of
 serving dishes at the table and sometimes of
seating and
 tasting" and the second one, "one who sews". SeWeR fits
all of these definitions. First, it is *dirty* at the code level.
Second, it serves. It serves you a single door to all the
 common
web-based services for sequence analysis. And it
 sews. It sews all
these services together. For a refined mind,
 SeWeR is an integrated
*DHTML portal to common web-based
 services in bioinformatics*. 
 
SeWeR is designed to be server independent and lightweight.
 The whole
package is just ~250K. It can even run from a
 floppy!

Contact information 
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For further details contact me: malay@bioinformatics.org

Malay K Basu
malay@bioinformatics.org  
September 1, 2003