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<title>What's new ?</title>
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<p>
- <strong>What's new ?</strong>
+ <strong>What's new ?</strong><br /> Jalview 2.8.0b1 is a bugfix
+ release for Jalview version 2.8. <br /> As usual you can find the
+ highlights below, and the comprehensive list is given in the <a
+ href="releases.html#Jalview2.8.0b1">Jalview 2.8.0b1 Release Notes</a>.
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- <p>
- Jalview 2.8 includes a brand new logo, which you'll see in file browsers, splash screens, and also on the new look Jalview site.
- </p>
- <p>
- In addition to our new look, Jalview 2.8 includes a number of new
- features.. some of which have been in development since July 2010. The
- highlights are below, and - as usual, for a comprehensive list, take a
- look at the <a href="releases.html#Jalview2.8">Jalview 2.8 Release
- Notes</a>.
- </p>
- <p>
- <strong>Highlights in Jalview Desktop Version 2.8</strong>
- </p>
- <ul>
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- <li>New Purine/Pyrimidine colour scheme</li>
- <li>Colouring of RNA secondary structure by helices. See <a href="na/index.html">Nucleic Acid Support</a></li>
- <li>Embedded <a href="http://www.varna.fr/">VARNA</a> RNA secondary structure viewer.
- </ul>
-
- <p>
- <strong>Issues Resolved (a select list - see the <a
- href="releases.html#Jalview2.7.1">release history</a> for full details)
- </strong>
- </p>
- <p>
- <strong>Issues in the Jalview Desktop</strong>
- <ul>
- </ul>
- <strong>Issues specific to the JalviewLite Applet</strong>
+ <p>
+ This bug fix release includes numerous minor enhancements made over
+ the last 12 months. Importantly, it is also the first release that
+ provides Jalview as a trusted application, signed with a certificate
+ donated to us by <a href="certum.eu">Certum</a>.
+ </p>
+ <strong>Enhancements and new features</strong>
<ul>
+ <li>Allow disorder predictions to be made on the current
+ selection (or visible selection) in the same way that JPred works</li>
+ <li>allow import of data from gzipped files</li>
+ <li>Improved per-sequence 'colour-by-annotation' performance</li>
+ <li>Support '' style escaping of quotes in Newick files</li>
+ <li>group options for JABAWS service by command line name</li>
+ <li>Select primary source when selecting authority in database
+ fetcher GUI</li>
+ <li>COMBINE statement uses current SEQUENCE_REF and GROUP_REF
+ scope to group annotation rows</li>
+ <li>add .mfa to FASTA file extensions recognised by Jalview</li>
+ <li>groovy scripting for headless jalview operation</li>
+ <li>Output in Stockholm format</li>
</ul>
- <strong>Issues affecting both applet and application</strong>
+ <strong>Bug fixes</strong>
<ul>
+ <li>Uniprot and PDB database cross-reference fetching works
+ properly</li>
+ <li>'View all structures' in the desktop is more reliable</li>
+ <li>Web services parameter dialog box shows the options enabled
+ for different presets</li>
+ <li>Interactive creation of RNA secondary structure works more
+ smoothly</li>
+ <li>Keyboard mode 'P' command jumps to the right place</li>
+ <li>Improved support for parsing database cross-references via
+ Stockholm and Rfam database</li>
+ <li>Improved semantics in annotation files for grouping
+ annotation rows associated with particular sequences and groups</li>
+ <li>More robust DNA->Amino acid translation</li>
+ <li>Improved Headless-mode operation for DAS annotation
+ retrieval, groovy script execution and alignment figure generation</li>
+ <li>annotation label tooltip text needs to be wrapped</li>
</ul>
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