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donnak
  Fri Dec 3 17:19:13 2010 -0800
added tracksearch news item, archived some items
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                           <FONT SIZE="4"><A NAME="TOC"></A><B>&nbsp; News</B></FONT></TD>
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                     <P>
                     To receive announcements of new genome 
                     assembly releases, new software features, updates and 
                     training seminars by email, subscribe to the
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-                    <FONT FACE="courier" SIZE="3"><B>24 August 2010 - New Drag and Reorder 
-		    Functionality Released </B></FONT>
-                    <P>
-		    We are pleased to announce new functionality in the Genome Browser. It is now
-		    possible to rearrange the order that tracks appear in the browser image 
-		    directly from the browser image itself. To reorder tracks, click-and-hold the
-		    side label or gray mini-button of a single track and drag the highlighted track to a new
-		    position within the image.
-		    </P>
+                    <FONT FACE="courier" SIZE="3"><B>2 December 2010 -
+Searching for Tracks Just Got Easier!</B></FONT>
 		    <P>
-		    Because reordering is now available in the browser image itself, we have
-		    removed the "enable track reordering" option from the configuration page.
-		    </P>
+		    The number of genome assemblies and annotation
+		    tracks in the UCSC Genome Browser has increased 
+		    exponentially over the past few years. Along with this 
+		    growth, it has become more difficult for browser users to 
+		    sort through the many tracks to find the data they're 
+		    interested in.
+		    <P>
+		    With our latest Genome Browser release, we've introduced a 
+		    new track search feature that will help you to quickly and 
+		    easily find and display specific annotation data sets. The 
+		    search feature is available via the "track search" button 
+		    on the browser gateway and tracks display pages.
 		    <P>
-		    Thanks to Tim Dreszer and the rest of the team for implementing and testing this feature. 
-                    </P><HR>
+		    The default search takes one or more terms as input, and 
+		    returns a list of all the browser tracks in which the name,
+		    description, group or associated metadata contains the 
+		    terms. The advanced search option lets the user fine-tune 
+		    the search based on the track name, description, and group.
+		    Individuals interested in the ENCODE data available on 
+		    selected human genome assemblies can use the advanced 
+		    search to specify particular ENCODE metadata terms, such 
+		    as cell line, experiment type, etc.
+		    <BR><BR>
+                    <img style="border: 2px solid black; margin-left:auto; 
+		    margin-right:auto; display: block;" 
+		    src="/images/tracksearch.gif"
+                    alt="Track search screenshot">
+		    <BR>
+		    Once the list of search results is shown, you may choose 
+		    which tracks you'd like to view in the browser, and can 
+		    adjust the display modes. The search results list is 
+		    sortable by multiple criteria, and provides direct links 
+		    to detailed track descriptions and additional information 
+		    about the tracks.
 		    <P>
-		    <FONT FACE="courier" SIZE="3"><B>20 August 2010 -
-New ENCODE Integrated Regulation Super-track Released:</B></FONT> We are pleased to announce the
-		    release of the ENCODE Integrated Regulation super-track.
-                    <A HREF="goldenPath/newsarch.html#082010">Read more</A>.
-		    </P><HR>
+		    Special thanks to Tim Dreszer and Larry Meyer for 
+		    implementing track search, and to the QA team 
+		    for their work in testing and finetuning it. We hope our 
+		    users, particularly those exploring ENCODE 
+		    data, will take advantage of this new feature. As always, 
+		    we appreciate your feedback. Please send comments or 
+		    questions to 
+		    <A HREF="genome@soe.ucsc.edu">genome@soe.ucsc.edu</A>.
+		    <HR>
 		    <P>
-		    <FONT FACE="courier" SIZE="3"><B>18 August 2010 -
-Cat Genome Browser Available:</B></FONT>
-		    We have released a Genome Browser for the latest assembly of Cat (<em>Felis catus</em>).
-		    <A HREF="goldenPath/newsarch.html#081810">Read more</A>. 
-		    </P><HR>
+                    <FONT FACE="courier" SIZE="3"><B>24 August 2010 - New Drag and Reorder Functionality Released </B></FONT>
+                    <P>
+		    It is now possible to rearrange the order that tracks appear
+		    in the browser image directly from the browser image itself.
+		    To reorder tracks, click-and-hold the side label or gray 
+		    mini-button of a single track and drag the highlighted track
+		    to a new position within the image.
+		    <A HREF="goldenPath/newsarch.html#082410">Read
+more</A>.
+		    </P>
 
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