General Function Checklist

Check the caching system to ensure that it is functioning as expected.

• Start by pressing the Clear All button from the Cache tab in Preferences.
  • There are no entries seen in the Cache tab after pressing Clear All.
    
    
    
• Select the genome Arabidopsis thaliana and press the Load Sequence button.
  • The following prompt appears:
     
    
    
  • Select Yes to cache the sequence.
  • After a moment, the Cache tab in Preferences should contain the following entries:
    
    
    

• Observe that the Current Cache Size is 29mb.
  
  • Adjust the Max Cache Size to 15mb.
    
  • The following popup should appear on the screen:
    
  • Now remove the 2bit file (29mb) from the cache using by highlighting the file and clicking Remove.
  • Observe that the Current Cache Size has changed to 0mb.