1.3.15: Optimizations and bug fixes

UI/UX:

• Added toast notifications for error messages
• Centered the loading indicator

Optimization:

• Made SEO improvements
• Made more accessibility adjustments
• Optimized images
• Preload styles
• Reduced complexity of some functions
• Refactored some code
• Removed unused CSS
• Set loading from lazy to auto for largest LCP
• Update cookies SameSite to Lax and Secure

Security:

• Update CSP with base-uri
• Update Permissions-Policy
• Update htaccess

Update:

• Migrate to new Google Identity Services library
• No longer supporting Internet Explorer
• Update Python 2 to 3
• Update packages
• Updated workbox settings

Documentation:

• Added CHANGELOG markdown file
• Improved readability of some code
• Sorted uncategorized CSS styles to make them more readable
• Updated README

Bug fix:

• Fixed "Duplicate without user-selected canonical"
• Fixed compatibility with Pillow (PIL) 9.5
• Fixed deprecated btoa functions
• Fixed eFP-Seq Browser web manifest trying to overwrite BAR's web manifest name - now both use same web manifest
• Fixed issue where if code is run on a non-BAR server, was still trying to access the BAR's GAPI/Google OAuth
• Fixed issue where loading indicator was not green
• Fixed issue where submission page was broken on local instances of the eFP-Seq Browser
• Fixed issue where the title of the uploaded file to a user from an XML was not reachable
• Fixed issue where variables were not initialized in loops
• Fixed issue with service worker not working with Python/CGI scripts
• Fixed missing Apple metadata
• Fixed missing Math.js source map
• Fixed service workers trying to register when is not supported for some users
• Fixed typos

Version 1.3.14: Bug fixes and optimizations

A brand new version of the eFP-Seq Browser has dropped!

Version 1.3.14 (dev version: p20220606) has now dropped which focuses primary on fixing bugs and optimizations.

Optimization:
• Converted some images to webp
• Converted single declaration variables to const
• Decrease file sizes of SVGs
• Removed unused variables
• Removed redundant code
• Removed depreciated code
• Refactored some code
• Updated meta-data
• Updated service workers

Security:
• Added Content Security Policy

Update:
• Updated Bootstrap, Material Design, jQuery UI, html2canvas & mathJS packages
• Update Google Analytics to GA4

Actions:
• Removed daily scheduled action runs (only on push now)

Documentation:
• Updated styling
• Renamed some variables to keep code clean

Bug fix:
• Fixed UI issue relating to tablet size screens
• Fixed issues with incorrectly calling functions
• Fixed issue with throw not throwing error correctly
• Fixed issue of images having missing alt attributes
• Fixed issues with service worker trying to cache itself
• Fixed issue where colours of radio buttons were displaying incorrectly
• Fixed missing ID in web manifest
• Fixed missing main aria landmark
• Fixed missing aria labels
• Fixed missing closing tags
• Fixed duplicate ID in HTML elements

Version 1.3.13: Bug fixes

A brand new version of the eFP-Seq Browser has dropped!

Version 1.3.13 (dev version: p20220316) has now dropped which focuses primary on fixing bugs with minor optimizations.

UI/UX:
• Removed ambiguous wording (data found "here")

Optimization:
• Added missing dynamic structured data
• Updated meta-data

Security:
• Added a step to verify locus input

Update:
• Update packages

Documentation:
• Prettified code
• Improved readability of code

Bug fix:
• Fixed issue relating to using hexadecimal and encoding
• Fixed issue where eFP-Seq Browser was not working on Safari 10
• Fixed issue where CSS was not working on Safari 3
• Fixed issue where maskable icons were not matching appropriate sizes
• Fixed duplicate alt for images
• Fixed broken HTML tags
• Fixed line ending issue for webservice

Version 1.3.12: Users can now submit their datasets to be community datasets

A brand new version of the eFP-Seq Browser has dropped!

Version 1.3.12 (dev version: p20211118) has now dropped and it allows users to submit their datasets which they made publicly available to us so we can make them community datasets. In addition are bug and security fixes, as well as optimizations.

New feature:
• If a user would like to have their dataset publicly available as a community dataset, they can now submit it to us

UI/UX:
• Updated logo from raster PNG to a vector SVG (this includes updating favicons)

Optimization:
• Added display swap to Google Font

Security:
• Fixed security issue regarding jQuery-UI's grunt vulnerability by updating all packages
• Updated server security

Update:
• Updated Bootstrap, mathJS and jQuery packages

Documentation:
• Updated my author details to include Alexander Sullivan's personal website

Bug fix:
• Fixed incorrect documentation
• Fixed incorrect meta-data
• Fixed issue where when closing navigation bar, it would adjust the table content to the left side of the page instead of it being centred
• Fixed issue where the service working was trying to cache itself
• Fixed issue where service worker was not able to find files

Known issue:

• If the web service timeouts, the eFP-Seq Browser will load continuously
• Loading circle is not centred

Version 1.3.6: SRA record number/ID no longer required to process data

A brand new version of the eFP-Seq Browser has dropped!

Version 1.3.6 (dev version: p20210325) now makes the generation of data no longer requiring an SRA record number/ID to process data. Also includes UI/UX adjustments, offline service workers, optimization, and security & bug fixes.

New feature:

• Add offline service worker for instance if a user loses connection mid-usage (this makes no change on loading new data but rather existing data)

UI/UX:

• Added loading percent to the document's title
• When the user clicks on "Generate XML" from the generate data form, it now moves the screen/document to the bottom of the page where the download button is
• Removed duplicate arrows from help cards

Optimization:

• Removed unnecessary code and unnecessary steps in logic
• Added more GitHub workflows
• Added cache-control
• Updated what is cached and added preloading

Security:

• Fixed incomplete URL substring sanitization issue

Documentation:

• Added missing documentation

Bug fix:

• Fixed issue where cookies were expiring on session end instead of a new version (also updated cookie name to be less vague)
• Fixed issue where the eFP-Seq Browser required an SRA record number/ID to process data (no longer requires it)
• Fixed issue where if a user adds multiple of the same SRA record number/ID, would fail to process consecutive SRA record numbers/IDs with the same record number/ID
• Fixed issue where if no publication link or SRA record number was given, it would display a false link towards both of those within the "More details" of the table
• Fixed issue where if the RNA-Seq map coverage/data visualization fails to load, would not display anything at all - now displays an error
• Fixed issue where the loading screen was blocking interaction with the eFP-Seq Browser's table
• Fixed issue where document's title was displaying the wrong name of the dataset if it was uploaded by the user
• Fixed issue where inputs had no names and images had no alternative text (accessibility adjustments)
• Fixed issue where creating new entries or resetting the entries within the generate data form was giving the incorrect entry number
• Fixed incorrect link to GitHub page for the eFP-Seq Browser
• Fixed broken bootstrap modals unable to close
• Fixed web manifest not working correctly
• Fixed missing meta-data and manifest
• Fixed vagueness of version number and variable names
• Fixed grammar
• Fixed the mobile UI

Known issue:

• If the web service timeouts, the eFP-Seq Browser will load continuously
• Loading circle is not centred

Even more bug fixes

A brand new version of the eFP-Seq Browser has dropped!

Version 1.3.5 (dev version: p20210112) includes bug fixes, optimization and general improvements to make the experience smoother for the user.

UI:

• Updated styling to make the text more readable
• Updated moving elements to move faster and without notice
• Error message will display above whatever is in the body/content of the eFP-Seq Browser instead of replacing it

Optimization:

• Added code scanner workflows

Bug fix:

• Fixed issue where if no gene structure data was returned, prevent data from loading
• Fixed issue where if it was not able to generate a variant visualization, it would present the incorrect variant visualization. Now presents an error instead
• Fixed issue where if no RPKM was able to be calculated, it would prevent data from correctly loading
• Fixed issue where if no record/SRA data was generated, would cause issues with displaying the lack of data
• Fixed issue where some buttons sometimes did nothing when clicked
• Fixed issue where clicking submit on generating data would sometimes not send data to be loaded
• Fixed issue when uploading data or submitting data (from generating data) would keep the previous modal/window open instead of closing it
• Fixed issue where, when generating data and selecting a tissue, tissue selection sometimes fills with something the user did not click
• Fixed issue where the bulk template for generating data was not downloading
• Fixed issue where there is a missing arrow key for the dataset and/or tissue selection
• Fixed issue where if the web service returns an error relating to using SAMTools on the BAM files, may cause either continuous loading or failed to load RNA-seq mapping
• Fixed issue where sorting arrows would not appear on Microsoft Edge
• Fixed issue where user cannot download the table as an image on Microsoft Edge
• Fixed misaligned navbar footer
• Fixed bug where no tissue information was sent to the server to visual RNA-Seq data on user-generated data
• Fixed potential cause of gtag (Googe login) issues

Security:

• Fixed potential client-side cross-site scripting

Update:

• Updated metadata
• Updated packages including Bootstrap, ddslick, Google Material Icons, html2canvas, jQuery, jQuery UI, mathJS and tableToCSV
• Replaced custom lazy loading with browser's built-in lazy loading for images

Documentation:

• Added missing documentation
• Reorganized files to make it easier to find files
• Renamed files
• Updated installation notes within README

Known issue:

• If the web service timeouts, the eFP-Seq Browser will load continuously
• Loading circle is not centred

Version 1.3.4: More bug fixes

A brand new version of the eFP-Seq Browser has dropped!

Version 1.3.4 (dev version: p20200910) includes mostly bug fixes but also, an optimization on lazy loading images.

Optimization:

• Lazy loading has been added to all images

Bug fixes:

• Fixed issue where Google Login/Authentication data and buttons would not load
• Fixed issue where Google Login/Authentication and autofill data would not initialize
• Fixed issue where OAuth would not load properly causing issues with accounts
• Fixed issue where some styling would not appropriately change to loaded data
• Fixed issue where if an %20 (space character) was in a shared link, would cause an issue retrieving that value
• Fixed an issue where invalid locus or records would prevent anything from being loaded
• Fixed an issue where if cannot find start base pair position, would prevent anything from being loaded
• Fixed issue where SVG would not colour correctly
• Fixed issue where elements could not find their data values
• Added more fail-safes to prevent issues with displaying data

Version 1.3.3: Bug fixes

A brand new version of the eFP-Seq Browser has dropped!

Version 1.3.3 (dev version: p20200608) includes mostly bug fixes but also updated how eFP-Seq Browser's URL looks when loading data.

New features:

• eFP-Seq Browser's URL automatically update with new data loaded
• Tor browser support added
• Added Google Tag Manager to start tracking issues with eFP-Seq Browser
• Now sends errors in logic as an error to console to be tracked for bug reporting

Optimization:

• Updated autocomplete call for speed and security

Bug fixes:

• Fixed issue where if a BAM data was not reachable/unreadable, data would load continuously - Added a greyscaled error as a fail-safe for individual data points that fail on the front-end UI (created "status":"fail" for rnaSeqMapCoverage webservice)
• Fixed bug where if a variant position was not detected, would not load data
• Fixed issue where loading shared data that had overlapped data with public data, it would load the cached public data instead of shared data
• Fixed bug where Google Identity login properties would not load
• Fixed bug where if the container of all data point's information is not defined, causes errors in loading visualized data
• Fixed bug where is expression information is not found, causes errors in loading visualized data
• Fixed bug where is RPKM is not found or calculated, causes issues in loading visualized data and creating maximum scales
• Fixed bug where if Google user information was not found, causes issues in loading datasets
• Fixed bug where an error message would not be displayed for users
• Fixed bug where if there is an inability to detect the user's browser, would cause errors for the eFP-Seq Browser
• Fixed issue where colour SVGs would sometimes cause a JavaScript timeout due to how long it takes to initialize the process
• Fixed visual issue where scrolling to select SVG/data point's highlight would disappear too fast for users to appropriately notice the select SVG/data point
• Fixed UI issue where there would be a tiny empty box at the top of the loaded table
• Fixed UI for warning to fill the whole body of the main container instead of just the top
• Fixed issue where autocomplete would not initialize
• Fixed grammar and spelling
• Adjusted "status = 2" (recalculating r coefficient value) call as that is from the legacy version of the eFP-Seq Browser
• Updated list of authors

Version 1.3.2: New visual indicators for loading, optimization and more

A brand new version of the eFP-Seq Browser has dropped!

Version 1.3.2 (dev version: p20200519) includes new visual indicators for loading and optimization as well as security and bug fixes.

New features:

• Added a visual indicator that data is loading (progress cursor)
• Updated page title so it now displays what has been loaded (if anything)
• Tracking BAR related cookies including the version number and whether a user has already accepted T&S/Cookie policy or not's display prompt
• Added missing description-meta data (for SEOs)

Optimization

• Removed junk files

Security fix

• Updated jQuery version to address a security issue

Bug fixes:

• Fixed issue where downloaded CSV takes the name of a selected dataset instead of loaded dataset
• Fixed naming of CSV files to remove spaces and replace them with underscores
• Fixed an issue where is a sample has 0 reads mapped, it would prevent completion of loading RNA-seq visualized data
• Fixed the tooltip for the loading bar to more accurately display loading progress
• Fixed issue if scripts cannot read if the sample is a cache datapoint, default to false
• Fixed issue where the user was unable to login into Google Account has been fixed
• Fixed more missing HTTPS links
• Fixed issue where loading screen would disappear too early
• Fixed issue where user cannot change absolute max
• Fixed issue where absolute max may not initially display the absolute RPKM max for the current displayed dataset + locus
• Removed the legacy version of the eFP-Seq Browser as it was no longer functional
• Corrected the list of authors for the eFP-Seq Browser
• Made code more human-readable
• Updated documentation
• Updated README

Official publication is now available!

A brand new version of the eFP-Seq Browser has dropped!

Version 1.3 includes details of how to find the official publication of the eFP-Seq Browser as well as bug fixes

New features:

• With the official publication of the eFP-Seq Browse published by The Plant Journal available at https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.14468, this information can now be found on the eFP-Seq Browser's help section under citation

Bug fixes:

• Fixed bug where relative RPKM median was calling itself instead of the median of the list of possible RPKM values
• Added extra verification step to uploading data (this fixed the issue where uploading custom data would just suddenly stop)
• Corrected grammar mistakes
• Updated README

Known issues:

• The IGB links do not work with Google Drive repositories (link to IGB will not appear for Google Drive files till this is fixed)
• Download page as an image does not render SVGs in Microsoft Edge
• Some sorting arrows may not display in Microsoft Edge