help/html/webServices/newsreader.html

   1 <html>
   2 <head>Jalview Desktop RSS News Reader
   3 </head>
   4 <body>
   5         <p>
   6                 <strong>The Jalview Desktop RSS News Reader</strong><br /> The
   7                 Jalview Desktop includes a built in news reader for the <a
   8                         href="http://www.jalview.org/feeds/desktop/rss">Jalview Desktop
   9                         News Channel</a>.
  10         </p>
  11
  12         <p>We will use the desktop news channel to keep you informed of
  13                 important updates relevant to users of the Jalview desktop, such as
  14                 web service outages and user community events.</p>
  15         <p>The news reader will be launched automatically when you start
  16                 the Desktop if new items are available. Should you want to browse
  17                 older items, however, you can open it manually from the 'Jalview news
  18                 reader' option in the Desktop's 'Tools' menu.</p>
  19         <img src="jalviewrssreader.gif" align="center" width="513" height="337"
  20                 alt="Snapshot of the Jalview Desktop's RSS reader" />
  21         <p>
  22                 The <em>Jalview news reader</em> was introduced in <a
  23                         href="http://www.jalview.org/releaseHistory.html#Jalview2.7">Jalview
  24                         version 2.7</a>. Its implementation is based on <a
  25                         href="http://jswingreader.sourceforge.net/">JSwingReader</a>.
  26         </p>
  27 </body>
  28 </html>