3 * Jalview - A Sequence Alignment Editor and Viewer (Version 2.8)
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19 <head>Jalview Desktop RSS News Reader
23 <strong>The Jalview Desktop RSS News Reader</strong><br /> The
24 Jalview Desktop includes a built in news reader for the <a
25 href="http://www.jalview.org/feeds/desktop/rss">Jalview Desktop
29 <p>We will use the desktop news channel to keep you informed of
30 important updates relevant to users of the Jalview desktop, such as
31 web service outages and user community events.</p>
32 <p>The news reader will be launched automatically when you start
33 the Desktop if new items are available. Should you want to browse
34 older items, however, you can open it manually from the 'Jalview news
35 reader' option in the Desktop's 'Tools' menu.</p>
36 <img src="jalviewrssreader.gif" align="center" width="513" height="337"
37 alt="Snapshot of the Jalview Desktop's RSS reader" />
39 The <em>Jalview news reader</em> was introduced in <a
40 href="http://www.jalview.org/releaseHistory.html#Jalview2.7">Jalview
41 version 2.7</a>. Its implementation is based on <a
42 href="http://jswingreader.sourceforge.net/">JSwingReader</a>.