Re: Cellquest
Ray Lefebvre (rgl@apldbio.com)
Wed, 1 Feb 95 18:47:09 PST
At 18:11 1/30/95 +0000, dizon@rpms.ac.uk wrote:
>I was wondering what experience people have had with the Apple Cellquest
>software for acquisition and analysis on the FACscan. We have installed it
>and in comparison to the Lysys 2.0 it appears to have some severe
>inadequacies eg.
>1.polygon regions/gates are not point changeable after being set; like in
>Lysys (they can be resized only)
>2.The dialog boxes are way too big (counters, acquisition control [even the
>small versions]) and end up covering acquisition screens.
>
>The analysis and printing seem slightly better.
>
>I was of the opinion that it would be called MacLysys; what happened to
>this?
>
>I would appreciate any comments that anyone has.
>
>Thank you
>
>
>David Izon
David,
You might want to try acquiring data with LYSYS 2.0 on the HP-300
with an Ethernet connection to a Macintosh, then using BD's new
Attractors software on the Macintosh to analyze your data.
Attractors, like Lysys before it, was developed in close and
constant collaboration with real users who knew how to run a flow
cytometer, and who understood what they wanted in flow data
analysis software.
I've always felt that this kind of constant feedback, and a
healthy sense of respect and caring for users, is absolutely
essential to write great software. Otherwise, it's hard to avoid
such things such as acquisition controls that "are way too big...
and end up covering the acquisition screens", or endless series of
dialog boxes that clutter up the flow of a user's daily work, or
the many other clumsy things programmers often wind up inflicting
upon users. In order to understand what it means for a user to
have to do something in a clumsy or slow or non-sensical way, 1000
times a day, 5 days a week, you have to care. The people at BD who
wrote Attractors cared.
-Ray Lefebvre
Palo Alto, CA.
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