JAL-3814 don’t automatically launch the news browser when the desktop is first opened

diff --git a/src/jalview/gui/BlogReader.java b/src/jalview/gui/BlogReader.java
index c43c699..1807764 100644 (file)
--- 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.");