BioFox , Medical Development Move with Firefox

12.30.2007 · Posted in Articles, Informatics, Linux

What is BioFox ?

BioFOX aims at implementing various bioinformatics tools as an extension on the
Mozilla and Iceweasel browsers.

Whats FireFox?
Firefox is a Cross-Platform ( Windows , OSX , Linux ) , Web Browser , That extend it’s capability to allow developers to develop an extension for it ….

Why Firefox ?!

In My Opinion Firefox deserves to be more than a web browser , and i wonder why not seeing more medical applications ( extensions ) for Firefox ? some developer asking me why ?

So why Not ? :

Firefox is ( almost ) the Most Popular Browser.
It’s Easy to Use , simple to understand and deal with .
Easy to Install , Manage , Uninstall and Backup , Firefox Extensions
For Developers : it’s easy to Develop a Firefox extensions
The Extension Could be simple application , a Tool , or heavy application that can do full functions as the standalone applications ..

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Here is a tiny small list of Firefox extensions that related to Medical and Health Field :

BioFox : Useful tool for who needs a gene(s) analysis .. and more…..
Biobar : a toolbar provides access to
major biological data resources.

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Hamza Emadeen Mousa wrote 474 articles on this blog.

A Computer Geek self-thought , Free Styler designer and Developer . An open source Kid , a blogger who has been playing ( geeking ) around computers since the 90s . This kid happened to be a Doctor .