FW Editor: What are your plans or objectives in the near future?
Jonathan Hayward: To finish the professional programming book I'm working on.

FW Editor: How and when did you start writing the code for The Data Mine? What inspired you the most? Do you plan to develop new software, or are you more focused on optimizing the current ones?
Jonathan Hayward: When I was preparing for graduate work in theology at Cambridge (England), I had an excellent collection of important texts, provided with a search tool I found quite painful. I decided to see what I could do to push forward with an experimental, powerful, expert-friendly search interface.

FW Editor: What do you like the most at The Data Mine?
Jonathan Hayward: An interface that is very graceful for searching through results and moving around between different matches.

FW Editor: What shall we expect from the new version of The Data Mine? What new features are you planning to add?
Jonathan Hayward: The data mine has been around for half a decade now and it has the features I want it to have.

FW Editor: What is The Data Mine's biggest advantage over any other similar product? Why?
Jonathan Hayward: It lets people hone in on which search term occurrence is within a page.

FW Editor: Do you plan to release a Windows version of The Data Mine in the future? If yes, when shall we expect it?
Jonathan Hayward: Right now a Windows version is not planned. However, once a Data Mine server is up, it is accessible from Windows or any other operating system with web browsers.

FW Editor: How can you describe The Data Mine in one single word? Why?
Jonathan Hayward: Expert-friendly. It's a shoe that wears very well over a long period of time.

FW Editor: What are the advantages of using The Data Mine? Why it is better than a common browsing interface?
Jonathan Hayward: Search results are presented so you can look at occurrences of search terms within a page, and zero in on the specific one you want. They are also highlighted within the search page to be easier to find, and they jump out pretty well. And in power user mode, it is much, much easier to move between different search results.

FW Editor: Can you tell us more about the idea behind The Data Mine? What made you believe that a software like The Data Mine was necessary?
Jonathan Hayward: I wanted the best interface I could have to search, browse, and explore the collection of theology texts I was working with. I would love to see its interface cloned in other search settings.

FW Editor: To end with, is there any message you would like to send to The Data Mine users?
Jonathan Hayward: If you want serious study, learn and take advantage of the power user mode. It's designed for smooth work and minimum mousework.