This would be brilliant. You know, someday, when we all have time to learn Java and can contribute more than grand ideas (myself included!)
If mobile apps were to be developed, it might be good to check with users as to what platform/s to support. I'd get no benefit from an Android app, or at least not in the near future (thank you, 2-year AT&T contracts...) but maybe there aren't enough iPhone users to justify an iPhone app as well. The biggest issue I would foresee with developing mobile apps is that keeping up with updates on more than one mobile platform could be an enormous nuisance - each one is yet another OS to support. In lieu of sexy little mobile apps, a web interface that could be accessed with a mobile browser could be quite functional. It seems like the basic functionality should include workflow editing (using normal web-based text editing), queuing for remote execution, and progress monitoring. Anything more than that should probably be done from a proper computer. I can imagine this might be something that would work with a server installation of Taverna, so I'd go to a URL like http://m.taverna.myserver.org/workflow-status and be able to log in and check on how things were progressing, all while I walk to campus. If you find that "Teach yourself Java in 24 hours" book, please pass along the reference. I'd love to contribute code, but I can hardly debug the beanshells in my own workflows! Cheers, Andrea On Jul 5, 2009, at 4:17 PM, taverna-users- [email protected] wrote: > And...... I also thought of a workflow status tool for my android > phone > - and yes I am obsessed. > I could then use the remote execution tool to run worklfows from my > phone (loaded onto a server), preview the outputs depending on the > size > (maybe a sample if it is massive), and even create a simple workflow > editor for my phone where i select the service to replace those in my > original workflow should they fail. I could then send the workflow > file > across the network using 3G or something, and re-upload i tot the > server. The Taverna monitor application could displays a message > like....."This workflow has failed due to Paul's services breaking > AGAIN!!!". I could then open the Taverna monitor on my phone, while on > the bus (like the paper retraction you talked about Carole), or in the > pub (like those ingenious chemists talked about on the bbc), and > replace > the service with one I know about or one suggested by Biocatalogue, > and > re-run the workflow at the remote location. All the application > would do > is tell me about my workflows. It' not a substitute for a full-blown > Taverna, nor is it intended to run workflows. Andrea Wiggins PhD Student, School of Information Studies Syracuse University 337 Hinds Hall Syracuse, NY 13244 [email protected] www.andreawiggins.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ taverna-users mailing list [email protected] [email protected] Web site: http://www.taverna.org.uk Mailing lists: http://www.taverna.org.uk/taverna-mailing-lists/
