Hi, On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 3:50 PM, Peter <[hidden email] <http://gmod.827538.n3.nabble.com/user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=1944865& i=0&by-user=t> > wrote:

On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 3:28 PM, Hans-Rudolf Hotz <[hidden email] <http://gmod.827538.n3.nabble.com/user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=1944865&i=1& by-user=t> > wrote:

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On 10/18/2010 01:02 PM, Peter wrote:

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However, on the main central column, when viewing a tabular dataset (by clicking on the eye icon from an entry in the right hand column), the data is shown as raw text. [...] It would be nice if the main display showed the data respecting the columns. Has this been considered? My guess is that doing this was rejected due to the computational load to reformat it, and the network load to send the marked up data.

Actually, I prefer the raw text.

OK, but is that a typical view from the average Galaxy end user? Many biologists I know *like* their Excel spreadsheets, and would probably be more comfortable to see their columns of data lined up (rather than the mess you can get with raw tab separated text).

FWIW, I would prefer to see tabular display, particularly when working with (over the shoulder of...) biologists - it makes it much easier to follow the data and is, as Peter says, more in line with what they expect. There are occasions (cut-and-paste, mostly) where raw text is better, for me. Is there perhaps a possible compromise where the user can select between raw text and tabular display? L. -- Dr Leighton Pritchard MRSC Plant Pathology Programme, SCRI (C block) Errol Road, Invergowrie, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, DD2 5DA e:lpritc@scri.ac.uk w:http://www.scri.ac.uk/staff/leightonpritchard gpg/pgp: 0xFEFC205C tel: No telephone during office refurbishment [The James Hutton Institute logo] Please note that from 1 April 2011, SCRI and the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute will join to become The James Hutton Institute. ______________________________________________________ SCRI, Invergowrie, Dundee, DD2 5DA. The Scottish Crop Research Institute is a charitable company limited by guarantee. Registered in Scotland No: SC 29367. Recognised by the Inland Revenue as a Scottish Charity No: SC 006662. DISCLAIMER: This email is from the Scottish Crop Research Institute, but the views expressed by the sender are not necessarily the views of SCRI and its subsidiaries. This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential to the intended recipient at the e-mail address to which it has been addressed. It may not be disclosed or used by any other than that addressee. If you are not the intended recipient you are requested to preserve this confidentiality and you must not use, disclose, copy, print or rely on this e-mail in any way. Please notify postmaster@scri.ac.uk quoting the name of the sender and delete the email from your system. Although SCRI has taken reasonable precautions to ensure no viruses are present in this email, neither the Institute nor the sender accepts any responsibility for any viruses, and it is your responsibility to scan the email and the attachments (if any). ______________________________________________________