X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?p=jalview.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fjalview%2Fgui%2FBlogReader.java;h=1807764276a6960db631b15e65ef4d1fa95e167e;hp=c43c69975152c63e8fa6e018e54cf54b6d41e492;hb=dcac7508c650e40ce26902ab81f3fcbf86d709eb;hpb=70c875f4c2db626298097acd47f31db9115fcea8

diff --git a/src/jalview/gui/BlogReader.java b/src/jalview/gui/BlogReader.java
index c43c699..1807764 100644
--- a/src/jalview/gui/BlogReader.java
+++ b/src/jalview/gui/BlogReader.java
@@ -272,13 +272,16 @@ public class BlogReader extends JPanel
 
     initItems(chan);
     updating = false;
-    boolean setvisible = checkForNew(chan, true);
-
-    if (setvisible)
+    if (!Cache.getDefault("NONEWS", false))
     {
+      boolean setvisible = checkForNew(chan, true);
+
+      if (setvisible)
+      {
 
-      Cache.log.debug("Will show jalview news automatically");
-      showNews();
+        Cache.log.debug("Will show jalview news automatically");
+        showNews();
+      }
     }
     Cache.log.debug("Completed construction of reader.");