Website:Genome Browser Survey

Worm Community Survey

This questionnaire will be send to the worm community via SurveyMonkey.

Q: How frequent do you use the current WormBase genome browser?

• every day
• multiple times a week
• once a week
• once a month
• never used it

Q: Which aspect do you find most annoying about the WormBase genome browser?

• it is slow
• it is not customizable
• it is hard to use
• it visualizes data badly
• no complaints; it is just fine

Q: How to you approach the genome browser?

• functionality is more important than visualization
• visualization is more important than functionality
• both functionality and visualization are important to me

Q: How do you share tracks in the WormBase genome browser?

• via e-mail; sending a link of the genome browser view
• other; sending the data so that the other person can upload the data themselves
• never shared tracks

Q: How important are track permissions to you?

• very important: uploaded data should in some cases only be visible to me only and should not be visible to collaborators
• very important: uploaded data should in some cases only be visible to me and collaborators
• important: uploaded data should only be accessible to people who know the track name, but there is no need for an explicit login requirement
• unimporant; always share more data publicly

Q: How much do you customize the appearance of track displays?

• most track displays have been customized by me
• I customize specific tracks only
• I once customized a track display and found it useful at the time
• I once customized a track display, but the benefits were not outstanding
• never customized a track display

Q: Which data/protocol standards do you use when importing data into the genome browser? (multiple choice)

• BAM
• BED
• BedGraph
• bigBed
• bigWig
• CBS
• CN
• DAS
• FASTA
• genePred
• GFF2
• GFF3
• GISTIC
• Goby
• GTF
• GVF
• GWAS
• LOH
• MAF
• PSL
• RES
• SAM
• SEG
• SNP
• VCF
• WIG
• other: text field

Q: How often do you make use of the WormBase GBrowse REST API?

• every day
• once a week
• every now and then; as needed
• never used it, but consider using it in the future
• never used it and I will not use this feature in the foreseeable future