We are always looking for ways to make things better, more intuitive, & more helpful at Nextstrain! Some of you may have already noticed that we recently added a bunch of great new features - but in case you didn't, let's explore them!

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First, if you're a regular user you'll remember the fun of extra-long legends even when zoomed in...

Now, the legend will only show what's visible on the map, making it much more useful!

(Works with colourings like genotype, too!)

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When using Nextstrain we often want to examine 2 things at once - until now that was sometimes difficult!

Now it's a little easier - you can change the tip-labels from the default 'strain', so that you can combine colouring & tip labels to show different things!

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With the recent type-to-filter function it's easier than ever to narrow down to just the sequences you want - but you're often still very far away!

A new 'Zoom to Selected' button will take you right in close to exactly what you're interested in looking at!

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If you commonly download trees from Nextstrain you'll be happy to learn we've improved how this works!

Downloaded trees now reflect the subtree visible & you can now download annotated Nexus format that works in FigTree! (Note the view is 'upside down' between the 2 pics!)

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