Bob:
I like this a lot!!
However --- (there is always a however, isn't there.) On a Mac, using Safari,
I observe something that I think was discussed earlier but I do not remember if
there was a resolution.
The first two or three structures I request work fine. However, at some point,
the rotate function becomes zoom. That is, left-mouse drag zooms instead of
rotates. If I open the contextual menu, scroll down but do not select
anything, the problem is remedied for that structure, but it recurs on
loading the next.
I have observed this on an iMac with a Mac mouse, and on a MacPro laptop. I
am running the latest vs. of the OS (10.6.4) and using your web link (below).
Phil
On Sep 20, 2010, at 12:00 PM, Robert Hanson wrote:
> What do you think of starting a Wiki page "Jmol in the Classroom" -- or
> perhaps, to be consistent, "Classrooms Using Jmol"
>
> People could enter "teachable moments" when they used Jmol in an effective
> way during class.
>
> Here's a possible first installment:
>
> Today, Day 5 of first-semester organic chemistry -- Textbook Smith, 3rd Ed.
> -- Chapter 3 -- Topic "Functional Groups"
>
> I thought it would be fun to get students to suggest examples, so I fired up
>
> http://chemapps.stolaf.edu/jmol/docs/examples-12/simple.htm
>
> (This page, as of this morning, has a new button on the right that uses the
> PROMPT command in Jmol 12 and taps into the NIH Cactus service using LOAD
> $chemicalName. Look in the page source for that very simple code.)
>
> I just clicked on "Load MOL by NAME" and then asked them to give me a name of
> something they knew, like a medication.
>
> We ended up looking at diphenylhydramine, morphine, THC, heroin, hydrocodone,
> adderall, and tetracycline, writing out several of these structures on the
> board based on the 3D models. This lead to discussions of reactivity, hints
> about the connections between names (even these trade names) and functional
> groups, a little about the blood/brain barrier issue, hints about synthesis
> (it's amazing how simple many of these drugs are).
>
> Great fun.
>
> Bob
>
> --
> Robert M. Hanson
> Professor of Chemistry
> St. Olaf College
> 1520 St. Olaf Ave.
> Northfield, MN 55057
> http://www.stolaf.edu/people/hansonr
> phone: 507-786-3107
>
>
> If nature does not answer first what we want,
> it is better to take what answer we get.
>
> -- Josiah Willard Gibbs, Lecture XXX, Monday, February 5, 1900
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