[Genome] Clear button

[Heather Trumbower]

Rosemary:

Thanks for writing.

What internet browser (and version) are you using?  Safari?  Firefox?

Have you tried closing down the browser and restarting it?

Heather Trumbower
UCSC Genome Bioinformatics Group


On Thu, 12 Oct 2006, Elliott, Rosemary wrote:

> Hi,
>
>    I have been an avid user of BLAT for years.  It is a wonderful program.
> However, I recently began using a MAC OS 10.4.8 and there is a problem with
> the clear button for BLAT searches.  When I open the program I usually use
> it multiple times over several hours.  When I first open the page, and I use
> both Mouse BLAT and Dog BLAT, the clear button works.  However, after a few
> uses, max 6 so far, it no longer works.  This is especially obvious if there
> is a long interval between searches.  If I take off for lunch it never works
> when I get back.  Note that Mouse BLAT clear can stop and Dog BLAT clear can
> still work for a while, so they are independent.
>
> I also use a MAC 9 at times, and there the clear button works all day with
> no problem, so it is something about the MAC 10 environment.  One thing that
> sometimes happens if I press clear in MAC 10, a previously used sequence
> gets entered in place of the one I am clearing.  However, after a while this
> stops, and nothing happens after I press clear.  I can still delete the
> contents of the sequence box after selecting them, but the clear button is
> obviously preferable.  My Institute is pushing me to use MAC 10 on the WEB
> rather than MAC 9, so it would be nice if the clear worked well.
>
> Rosemary Elliott
> Roswell Park Cancer Inst,
> Buffalo, NY 14263
>
>
>
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