New Useless Utility: Text Tree Maker

I finally got around to launching something at namesonnodes.org. No, it's not Names on Nodes itself, unfortunately. The project is taking a huge amount of time. But I thought I'd post something, so here's a little Flex application I made (using the new Flash Builder 4 Beta!) using a smidgen of the technology behind Names on Nodes.

Have you ever been discussing phylogeny online and wished there was an easy way to make a readable cladogram? (95% of readers leave.) Those of you who are left, check this out: Text Tree Maker. Just type in a Newick tree string, and voilá! Okay, so typing in a Newick tree string is not that easy in the first place, but it is easier.

Well, I'll be using it, anyway. Check this one out!

Ardipithecus
|--ALA-VP 2/10
`--+--ARA-VP 6/1
   |--KNM-T1 13150
   `--Praeanthropus
      |--KNM-KP 29281
      `--+--AL 288-1
         |--KNM-WT 40000
         |--KT 12/H1
         |--LH 4
         `--+--BOU-VP 12/130
            |--Australopithecus
            |  |--Taung 1
            |  |--Australopithecus (Paranthropus)
            |  |  |--SK 6
            |  |  `--TM1517
            |  `--Australopithecus (Zinjanthropus)
            |     |--KNM-WT 17000
            |     |--OH 5
            |     `--Omo 18
            `--Homo
               |--KNM-ER 1470
               |--KNM-ER 1813
               |--OH 7
               |--OH 9
               `--Homo (Homo)
                  |--D 2600
                  |--KNM-ER 992
                  |--LB 1
                  `--+--Ceprano 1
                     |--Trinil 2
                     `--Homo (sapiens)
                        |--ATD 6-5
                        `--+--Mauer 1
                           `--+--Neandertal 1
                              `--+--Florisbad 1
                                 |--Kabwe 1
                                 `--Uppsala domkyrka: Carolus Linnaeus

NOTE: Right-click on the application and select "View Source" if you want to see some of the code behind it.