On Aug 7, 2008, at 12:13 PM, Bob Hanson wrote:
> Forget it. Here's the deal.
>
> It turns out that an applet can pop up a "menu" that consists of an
> image covering the ENTIRE SCREEN.
> Or a set of "menus" that collectively cover the entire screen.
> Obviously, this is a security risk, as the screen could spoof any
> login
> system. That's the issue. I've seen a demonstration of this, and it's
> pretty impressive.
>
If that's the case any window that the applet opens has the same
problem. Thus the long term solution will be that unsigned applets
will not be able to do anything that does not occur inside the
original window controlled by the applet.
> Take a look at what I just put up at
> http://chemapps.stolaf.edu/jmol/docs/examples-11/new.htm
>
> If you don't use Java 1.6.0_10, the menuing will be normal -- but
> check
> out the console anyway.
>
> Another possibility perhaps is a top menu on the applet itself. Might
> slightly change the window size. But I wouldn't want to make that
> required, and it might mess with page formatting.
As my comment above suggests, this may be our only long-term option,
since I would expect opening of the console to become illegal as well.
>
> Let's experiment a bit before we make any final decisions. I would
> like
> to have this done by 11.6.
When is the Java 1.6 going to be common? If we've got about a year,
I'd be inclined to debug 11.6 as we've got it and get that out the
door. Then we can play with Java 1.6 while we make Jmol 11.7/8.
Jonathan
Dr. Jonathan H. Gutow
Chemistry Department [EMAIL PROTECTED]
UW-Oshkosh Office:920-424-1326
800 Algoma Boulevard FAX:920-424-2042
Oshkosh, WI 54901
http://www.uwosh.edu/faculty_staff/gutow/
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