I just became aware of a Jmol issue that occurs only on Intel Macs. Sorry if this is already a known topic on jmol-users. If you want to use Shockwave in Safari or Firefox, you have to enable Rosetta (PPC) mode, because apparently there is no Shockwave for Intel Macs yet.
Rosetta mode disables Jmol (java) in current Safari or Firefox. Turning off Rosetta and restarting the browser re-enables Jmol/java. Below is more on this from Cindy Stein in our Computer Science Dept. here at UMass. She refers to OWL, an Online Web-based Learning system used by thousands of general chem students here each year. Recently they have been using Jmol in OWL. -Eric >>From: Cindy Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Date: February 22, 2007 7:12:25 PM EST >> >>I have not forgotten the Intel-based Mac issue, and recently we >>bought a MacBook for home so I've been able to investigate and test >>a bit more. >> >>I found out recently from a UMass student that Netscape 7.2 will >>run both Shockwave and Java at the same time. When I tried it at >>home, it worked for me as well. The scoop is that 7.2 was written >>to run natively on the Power PC. (It is not a "Universal" >>application that will run natively on both the Power PC and the >>Intel processors.) So when it is used on the newer Macs, Rosetta >>runs automatically in the background; Shockwave works and so does >>Java. >> >>When Universal versions of browsers (the latest Safari and >>Firefox), are set by hand to run in Rosetta so that Shockwave will >>work, Java doesn't. I'm still trying to get an answer from someone >>about whether there is a way to set Java to run when a Universal >>browser is set for Rosetta. The latest Firefox documentation just >>says, "Java does not run on Intel Core processors under Rosetta." >> >>What has puzzled me since last Fall is that we had some students >>say that when they installed Firefox, it all worked fine. It just >>occurred to me the other night, that maybe what they were seeing is >>what happens with Netscape 7.2. The Firefox version that they were >>installing/using was an older, non-Universal one that had been >>written for the Power PC only and thus ran automatically in >>Rosetta. (light bulb!) >> >>Anyhow, I'll put all the info that I have together soon and post >>some new trouble shooting pages. >> >>For the UMass authors: >>What assignments require BOTH Shockwave and Java at the same time? >>You may have told me in the past, but I can't put my hands on the >>information. I know the organic chem MarvinSketch tutor assignment >>does, but are there others? (The Flash/Java ones are not an >>issue. Flash works fine everywhere.) >> >>Cindy >> >>Cindy Stein >>OWL Support and Development >>A327 Lederle Graduate Research Center >>University of Massachusetts, Amherst >>740 North Pleasant Street >>Amherst, MA 01003-9306 >>413-545-2617 (office), 413-545-1234 (fax) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Jmol-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users
