Hello! I would like to propose a completely standalone jQuery plugin for Jmol. I searched the web and found only one solution that works as a wrapper for Jmol.js, so I took my time and wrote this alpha version, which does not use Jmol.js at all. I've hosted it on GitHub: https://github.com/gusc/jMol
A brief history. My father is a Ph.D in bio chemistry, and he's still using Chime plugins for old Firefox (well he even used to use Netscape some 2 years ago), but the times are changing, and it's getting harder for him to show his students how to get that old software running on new PCs or even Macs. So I set up to help him out. Being a web developer for almost 10 years now and also having a masters degree in physical chemistry, although after graduation my work has mostly been concentrated on software and web development, there's still a small part of me that's been fascinated about the work on Jmol. First of all it's cross platform, with all the scripting possibilities and it's kind of easy to use in a web environment. And so there was this "kind of easy to use" part in me, that made me create this jQuery plugin, because you know, it's a professional cretinism thing. :) It's a new era in web development (for about 6 years now), and it was really like, throwing me back a few years, when I found out that I have to use inline scripting. But don't get offended guys, you've done great job, so that's why I would love to share with you this prototype of jMol (mind the small j :)) which could be a complete replacement of Jmol.js. I've currently tested it on (and it works with some small quirks): Google Chrome on Windows - works Firefox 12.0 on Windows - works Firefox 13.0.1 on Windows - started up, but displayed status message "Jmol script terminated" Internet Explorer 8.0 - works Safari 5.1.7 on Mac - works Safari 5.1.4 on Windows - could not load Java at all (as in plug-in not found) Opera 11.61 on Windows - started up, but could not execute scripts as a script method was not found on an object (might be something with a HTML object tag formatting on Opera) And if we are still on a subject, where can I find some documentation on external methods, that can be accessed through JavaScript? I've looked though Jmol site for 2 days straight, but it's all about scripting options and Jmol.js, except for a applet.script() method. I looked in to SVN, but all I could find was this undocumented applet source (which as much as I understood is the front-end of an applet, isn't it?): http://jmol.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/jmol/trunk/Jmol/src/JmolApplet.java?revision=16759&view=markup Sincerely Yours, Gusts Kaksis http://gusc.lv/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Jmol-developers mailing list Jmol-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-developers
