Hello, We are about to get the mart we built up and running soon and while we were developing it, but also now as it is getting finalised, I kept asking colleagues whether they could give it a try and test the interface a little bit. Whilst the purpose was to find possible inconsistent data in our mart and to check the performance of database queries, *all* participants were simply overwhelmed by the mart user-interface.
Even though I find the interface accessible myself, I have to admit that I spent quite some time with BioMart now, so my opinion is certainly not unbiased anymore. If it is not too late, it would be great if BioMart 0.8 could be tested for usability on non-computer scientists/non-bioinformaticians before it is released. Best Wishes, Joachim -- B.1079 Michael Smith Building Faculty of Life Sciences The University of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PT United Kingdom
