Why is the Biology Workbench very slow?
This could be due to many factors, but the most likely explanation is that there is a problem (bottleneck) in the Internet between your site and the San Diego Supercomputer Center. If you notice this happening quite often, it probably is worth sending a bug report so that we can see if it is a problem on our end or on your end. • Why were the sequences I selected not the sequences that were used by the program I chose? In most cases, the way around this is to try not using the back button on your web browser when in the Biology Workbench. Be sure you always get back to the tool menus by hitting the “Return”, “Main”, or “Abort” buttons, and NOT by using the “back” function on your browser. We store state variables in the web pages, and the location of those state variables may change. For example, if you import or add a sequence or alignment, and then use the back button to get back to the tool menu, the sequences you select on the screen may not be the sequences that actually are being