Jalview 2.11 - new installer and new capabilities
Jalview 2.11 introduces support for loading VCF files, and new filters and shading models for sequence features. Under the hood, we've addressed many bugs, and also made some important changes in the way the Jalview desktop is installed and launched.
The full list of bugs fixed in this release can be found in the 2.11 Release Notes.
Jalview and Java 11, 13, and onwards
The Jalview application comes bundled with its own independent Java installation. Version 2.11.0 includes an AdoptOpenJDK Java 1.8 runtime which will be kept up to date. A Java 11 based installation is available from the Jalview development pages.
Saying goodbye...
Long time Jalview users will notice
that this release no longer features the
Vamsas desktop menu, or a Distributed
Annotation System (DAS) tab on the feature settings dialog.
DAS is no longer supported by major bioinformatics databases, and we
decided that it was no longer feasible to maintain either JDAS or
the VAMSAS client library which rely on out-dated Java XML binding
technologies.
Next up...
Keep an eye on the Jalview web site for
news about JalviewJS - the web based JavaScript implementation of
Jalview. Whilst Jalview 2.11 has been in development, we have also
been working with Prof. Bob Hanson (Jmol and JSmol) to enable
Jalview to run as both a Java application and a JavaScript app in a
web page. To find out more, see the JalviewJS web page.