User:Jakob Suckale/Ideas

icons for protocols
icon could be added to protocols to highlight difficult steps

warn about critical steps; these may not be difficult but are crucial for the experiment, e.g. a heat incubation that has to be exactly x min but not longer;

help people plan how long steps will take; Torsten pointed out correctly here that it is not always clear to which part of the protocol "time required" refers; a section may be the natrual unit here

where protocol can be interrupted

steps that can be omitted or included

other possible icons:
 * alternative
 * total time required
 * difficulty rating (e.g. 1-5 gloves)

comments

 * Bill suggested icons without text or text that appears on mouse-over

protocols using the icons already

 * ChIP-Chip E. coli
 * RNA extraction using trizol/tri