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chmalee
  Tue Nov 3 16:21:48 2015 -0800
Updating index page with top menu bar dropdown links announcement refs #16022

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           <TR><TD WIDTH=10></TD>
           <TD>
           <P>
           To receive announcements of new genome 
           assembly releases, new software features, updates and 
           training seminars by email, subscribe to the
           <A HREF="http://groups.google.com/a/soe.ucsc.edu/group/genome-announce?hl=en"
           TARGET=_blank>genome-announce</A> mailing list. Please see our
           <a href="http://genome.ucsc.edu/blog"
           target=_blank>blog</a> for posts about Genome Browser tools, features, projects and more.
           </p>
 
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   <p>
+  <font color="#006666" size="4"><b>3 November 2015 &mdash;
+  We are pleased to announce new quick links for the Browser's top menu bar!</b></font>
+  <p>
+  The "Genomes" menu now features direct links to jump to browsing the human (hg38 and hg19) 
+  and mouse (mm10 and mm9) assemblies! These links also preserve location information, such 
+  as a favorite gene's location, allowing users to quickly compare available annotation 
+  tracks between two assemblies.
+  </p>
+  <p>
+  The "Genome Browser" menu now features a "Configure" link to quickly set visibilities for 
+  all tracks on the currently browsed assembly and a "Reset All User Settings" option that will 
+  remove all external hubs and custom tracks data while resetting the entire browser to default 
+  visibilities and the hg38 assembly.
+  </p>
+  <hr>
+  
+  <p>
   <font color="#006666" size="4"><b>23 September 2015 &mdash;
   New keyboard shortcuts on the Genome Browser!</b></font>
   <p>
   We are excited to announce the addition of keyboard shortcuts to navigate 
   the Genome Browser display! It's now possible to zoom in and out, navigate left 
   and right, hide all tracks, configure the browser display and much more using 
   only your keyboard. Use the "?" key to view the entire list of shortcuts. 
   Happy browsing!
   </p>
   <p>
   Credit goes to Max Haeussler for implementing this new feature.
   </p>
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   <p>
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   you may want to check that you're viewing the right assembly.
   </p>
   <p>
   We will continue our efforts to expand the annotation track set on the hg38 browser 
   to include many of the tracks present on previous human assemblies. In cases where 
   it makes sense, data may be simply &quot;lifted&quot; from hg19 using migration tools. 
   In many instances, however, we must rely on our data providers to generate new versions 
   of their data on the latest assembly. We will publish these data sets as they become available.
   </p>
   <p>
   For a summary of the new features in the GRCh38 assembly, see the 
   <a href="goldenPath/newsarch.html#030614">overview</a> we published in March 2014.
   </p>
   <hr>
 
-  <p>
-  <font color="#006666" size="4"><b>10 September 2015 &mdash;
-  100 Species Conservation Track now available on GRCh38/hg38 </b></font>
-  </p>
-  <p>
-  We are pleased to announce the release of a new Conservation track based on the human 
-  (GRCh38/hg38) assembly. This track shows multiple alignments of 100 vertebrate species and
-  measurements of evolutionary conservation using two methods (phastCons and phyloP) from the
-  PHAST package for all species. The multiple alignments were generated using multiz and other
-  tools in the UCSC/Penn State Bioinformatics comparative genomics alignment pipeline.
-  Conserved elements identified by phastCons are also displayed in this track. For more
-  details, visit the 
-  <a href="../cgi-bin/hgTrackUi?db=hg38&g=cons100way">track description page</a>.
-  </p>
-  <p>
-  We would like to thank Hiram Clawson and Jonathan Casper for their efforts in creating this track.
-  </p>
-  <hr>
 
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   	<p>
+        <font color="#006666" size="4"><b>3 November 2015 &mdash;
+        We are pleased to announce new quick links for the Browser's top menu bar!</b></font>
+        The "Genomes" menu now features direct links to jump to browsing the human (hg38 and hg19)
+        and mouse (mm10 and mm9) assemblies! The "Genome Browser" menu now features a "Configure" 
+        link to quickly set visibilities for all tracks on the currently browsed assembly and a "Reset 
+        All User Settings" option.
+        <a href="goldenPath/newsarch.html#110315">Read more</a>.
+  	</p>
+
+  	<p>
   	<font color="#006666" size="4"><b>14 September 2015 &mdash;
   	Human Genome Browser default changed to GRCh38/hg38 </b>:</font>
   	In conjunction with the release of the new 100-species Conservation track on the 
   	hg38/GRCh38 human assembly, we have changed the default human browser on our website from
   	hg19 to hg38. 
         <a href="goldenPath/newsarch.html#091415">Read more</a>.
   	</p>
-  	<hr>
+-->
   	<p>
     	<font color="#006666" size="4"><b>10 September 2015 &mdash;
     	100 Species Conservation Track now available on GRCh38/hg38 </b>:
     	</font>
     	We are pleased to announce the release of a new Conservation track based on the human
    	(GRCh38/hg38) assembly.
     	<a href="goldenPath/newsarch.html#091015">Read more</a>.
   	</p>
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 	<p>
         <font color="#006666" size="4"><b>12 August 2015 &mdash;
        	New blog post:  How to share your UCSC screenthoughts</b>:
         </font>
         We talk about saving static images and dynamic Browser sessions in a new
         <A HREF = "">blog</A> post,
         and discuss some of the advantages and pitfalls of each.
         <a href="goldenPath/newsarch.html#081215">Read more</a>.
 	</p>
 
         <p>
         <font color="#006666" size="4"><b>29 June 2015 &mdash;
         GENCODE Genes Now Default Gene Set on the Human (GRCh38/hg38) Assembly</b>:
         </font>