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title: Welcome to Arvados!
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This guide provides an introduction to using Arvados to solve big data bioinformatics problems.
h2. Why use Arvados?
-Arvados enables you to quickly begin using cloud computing resources in your bioinformatics work. It allows you to track and your methods and datasets, share them securely, and easily re-run analyses.
+Arvados enables you to quickly begin using cloud computing resources in your bioinformatics work. It allows you to track your methods and datasets, share them securely, and easily re-run analyses.
h3. Take a look (Screenshots gallery)
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- <img src="{{ site.baseurl }}/images/keyfeatures/dashboard2.png" alt="[START] After logging in, you see Workbench's dashboard.">
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- [START] After logging in, you see Workbench's dashboard.
+ [START] After logging in, you will see Workbench's dashboard.
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- Pipelines can be also viewed in auto-generated graph form.
+ Pipelines can also be viewed in auto-generated graph form.
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- Pipelines can easily be re-run...
+ Pipelines can easily be re-run exactly as before, or...
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- <img src="{{ site.baseurl }}/images/keyfeatures/chooseinputs.png" alt="...by changing parameters or picking new datasets...">
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- ...by changing parameters or picking new datasets...
+ ...you can change parameters or pick new datasets.
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- ...which can be uploaded right in Workbench.
+ With web upload, data can be uploaded right in Workbench.
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- <img src="{{ site.baseurl }}/images/keyfeatures/collectionpage.png" alt="Collections allow sharing datasets and job outputs easily.">
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- Collections allow sharing datasets and job outputs easily.
+ Collections allow sharing datasets and job outputs easily. 'Create sharing link' with one click.
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+Note: Workbench is the web interface to Arvados.
Tip: You may need to make your browser window bigger to see full-size images in the gallery above.
h3. Key Features
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<li><strong>Track your methods</strong><br/>
-We log every compute job: software versions, machine images, input and output data hashes. Rely on a computer, not your memory and your note-taking skills.</li>
+We log every compute job: software versions, machine images, input and output data hashes. Rely on a computer, not your memory and your note-taking skills.<br/><br/></li>
<li><strong>Share your methods</strong><br/>
-Show other people what you did. Let them use your workflow on their own data. Publish a permalink to your methods and data, so others can reproduce and build on them easily.</li>
+Show other people what you did. Let them use your workflow on their own data. Publish a permalink to your methods and data, so others can reproduce and build on them easily.<br/><br/></li>
<li><strong>Track data origin</strong><br/>
-Did you really only use fully consented public data in this analysis?</li>
+Did you really only use fully consented public data in this analysis?<br/><br/></li>
<li><strong>Get results sooner</strong><br/>
-Run your compute jobs faster by using multi-nodes and multi-cores, even if your programs are single-threaded.</li>
+Run your compute jobs faster by using multi-nodes and multi-cores, even if your programs are single-threaded.<br/><br/></li>
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