Everybody, Thanks for the comments. Here's what I've learned with further testing in MacOS X. I'll get to Linux next (although, I'm less worried there as support for Java is more robust). 1) JSmol in Firefox can read binary files without a server assist. Note, I still get a not compatible popup in FireFox occasionally. Is that really true? 2) Chrome can also load binary files, but for some reason does not default directly to JSmol, despite the fact that it is only a 32 bit program so cannot use the latest 64 bit Java plugins. In Chrome I get the yellow, you do not have Java installed panel. My temporary fix is to add a link to the message that reloads the page with a ?USE=HTML5 appended to the URL and use that to reset the options for JSmol. 3) Safari cannot load binary files without a server assist in JSmol. Converting all files to text allows it to work locally. On a server I think it works fine because I left it calling the St. Olaf server for help. I find this really amusing since Apple has been in the lead when pushing to get rid of Java in the browser environment, yet their javascript is clearly less capable.
Another note. FF 18 seems to have pretty fast javascript. It handles JSmol pages better than most of the other browsers. Anyway, I think I may just ignore Safari for local stuff. Things may change by the time JSmol is completely settled. I guess I can just generate .pngj files as I originally intended. Jonathan On Jan 22, 2013, at 8:13 AM, Angel Herráez wrote: > Jonathan, there was thread about reading binary files into JSmol. > What are your filenames? Have you tried to include .bin in the > filename? That should force JSmol to think it is binary > > e,g, caffeine.bin.jmol > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, > MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your skills current > with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft > MVPs and experts. ON SALE this month only -- learn more at: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnnow-d2d > _______________________________________________ > Jmol-developers mailing list > Jmol-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-developers Dr. Jonathan H. Gutow Chemistry Department gu...@uwosh.edu UW-Oshkosh Office:920-424-1326 800 Algoma Boulevard FAX:920-424-2042 Oshkosh, WI 54901 http://www.uwosh.edu/facstaff/gutow/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your skills current with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. ON SALE this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnnow-d2d _______________________________________________ Jmol-developers mailing list Jmol-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-developers
