Firefox toolbar for the Gaggle

The Firegoose toolbar connects the Gaggle to the web. By downloading and installing this extension into your Firefox browser you can broadcast data between the Gaggle and web resources.

Warning Firegoose versions 0.7 and previous do not work with Firefox 3.0. Firefox 3.0 is currently in beta release. See the Development snapshot release (verion 0.8.x) and report bugs to the bug tracking system.

Supported web sites include KEGG pathways, EMBL STRING (a database of functional associations), DAVID (which enables clustering by functional annotations), and Entrez Gene and Protein. With a little scripting, the Firegoose can potentially exchange data with practically any bioinformatics website.

• install
• help
  • Capture Selection
  • Tools Menu
  • help for target websites
• microformat
• microformat reference
• Embedded XML
• Wiki: feature requests and general notes.
• Bugs: create and acct, then file bug reports

Demo

• Quick Demo: a demo that quickly exercises a few features of Firegoose.
• Try the Demo: Halobacterium response to anoxic environments. Part 2 of the demo shows off the capabilities of the Firegoose.

For Data Providers

We encourage data providers to make their data available in the structured format of their choice and, equally importantly, to provide links from existing web interfaces to the underlying structured data.

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Source

Firegoose source is here:

• http://gaggle.systemsbiology.net/svn/gaggle/FireGoose/trunk/
• Using the svn command-line client: svn checkout http://gaggle.systemsbiology.net/svn/gaggle/FireGoose/trunk yourInstallationDirectory

An ant build script is included which will compile the Java component and package all files into an XPI file. The extension can then be installed in Firefox by pointing the browser to the XPI file or dragging the XPI file into the browser window.

Setting up your development environment to work on an extension is a little complicated. Look for help by searching for "firefox extension development".

Read the Firegoose paper

The Firegoose paper has been published in BMC Bioinformatics.