- <li>Numerous efficiency improvements in the renderer and overview when working with large alignments with lots of hidden columns</li>
- <li>Use of HTTPS when connecting to Uniprot, Ensembl and other EBI web services</li>
- <li>Critical patches for running Jalview on OSX with Java 10</li>
- <li>Easier adjustment of the Alignment ID panel and Annotation panel</li>
- <li>Improved support for mapping between 3D Structures and Uniprot Protein Sequences</li>
- <li>Improved support for discovering CDS and transcripts for Proteins and Ensembl gene IDs</li>
- <li>New buttons on the Structure Chooser for adding structures
- to an existing view, and disabling automatic superposition
- according to linked alignments</li>
- <li>Annotation transfer between Chimera and Jalview <em>(formerly only
- available in 'Experimental' mode)</em></li>
+ <li><em>VCF Support</em>. Proteins and genomic contigs with
+ chromosomal location annotation (such as protein coding genes
+ retrieved from Ensembl) can be annotated with variants imported
+ from a local VCF file.</li>
+ <li><em>The Jalview Launcher and Update System</em><br />
+ Jalview's new installation model means you'll only need to
+ download and install Jalview once. After installation, Jalview
+ will automatically keep itself up to date. The launcher also sets
+ Jalview's memory automatically, so you'll never again have to
+ manually configure Java's memory settings.<br />We are grateful to
+ Install4J who provided us with a free license for their
+ installation system, and Jalview's over the air update system is
+ via Getdown.</li>