3e2267a6e80290cc0ea3cab62f017e83897f58e1 jnavarr5 Fri Jan 30 17:05:31 2026 -0800 Staging the visible track groups announcement for the release next week, refs #36609 diff --git src/hg/htdocs/goldenPath/newsarch.html src/hg/htdocs/goldenPath/newsarch.html index 6c12ec3acba..9727d4bfe3c 100755 --- src/hg/htdocs/goldenPath/newsarch.html +++ src/hg/htdocs/goldenPath/newsarch.html @@ -53,32 +53,55 @@ <p>You can sign-up to get these announcements via our <a target=_blank href="https://groups.google.com/a/soe.ucsc.edu/g/genome-announce?hl=en">Genome-announce</a> email list. We send around one short announcement email every two weeks.</p> <p>Smaller software changes are not announced here. A summary of the three-weekly release changes can be found <a target=_blank href="https://genecats.gi.ucsc.edu/builds/versions.html">here</a>. For the full list of our daily code changes head to our <a href="https://github.com/ucscGenomeBrowser/kent/commits/master" target=_blank>GitHub page</a>. Lastly, see our <a href="credits.html" target="_blank"> credits page</a> for acknowledgments of the data we host.</p> <!-- ============= 2025 archived news ============= --> <a name="2026"></a> <!-- -<a name="120525"></a> -<h2>Dec. 05, 2025 Hub Space: Host Your Track Hubs Directly on the Genome Browser</h2> +<a name="020326"></a> +<h2>Feb. 03, 2026 New "Visible Tracks" group feature</h2> +<p> +We are excited to announce a new improvement to the UCSC Genome Browser: the +<b>Visible Tracks</b> group. The Genome Browser now includes a dynamic track group that +automatically displays all currently visible tracks in one convenient location. This means you no +longer need to hunt through multiple track categories to adjust tracks you've already turned on. +</p> +<div class="text-center"> +<img src="/images/newsArchImages/visibleTracks.png" width='65%'> +</div> +<p> +Previously, managing visible tracks required navigating back to their original categories — +whether that was Genes and Gene Predictions, Conservation, Variation, or any other group. Now, all +your active tracks appear together in the <b>Visible Tracks</b> group, making it faster and easier +to adjust display modes for visible tracks. +</p> +<p> +We would like to thank Chris Lee and Jairo Navarro Gonzalez for their work on creating and testing +the feature.</p> +--> + +<!-- +<a name="020326"></a> +<h2>Feb. 03, 2026 Hub Space: Host Your Track Hubs Directly on the Genome Browser</h2> <p> We are excited to introduce <a href="/cgi-bin/hgHubConnect#hubUpload">Hub Space</a>, a new hosting service that allows users to upload and visualize track hub files directly on the UCSC Genome Browser without relying on third-party hosting services such as Dropbox, Google Drive, or AWS. </p> <p> <b>Hub Space Features:</b><br> Each account is allocated 10 GB of storage space. While we strive to maintain uninterrupted access, please maintain your own backups. Data persistence over the long term is not guaranteed. To request additional storage space, please <a href="/contacts.html">contact us</a>. </p>