First, let me add my kudos to the ASTONISHING progress Bob has made with JSmol. And Angel, WOW, seeing our old DNA tutorial work without java is also astonishing.
In Windows 7, I find huge speed differences between browsers for JSmol. Sorry if this has already been reported. Bottom line: Windows 7: Firefox is BY FAR the best, at least for the version of JSmol at the page tested. Internet Explorer 9 is so slow for rotation as to be useless; Chrome gives pulsing uneven rotation; Opera fails to show the molecule. Windows XP: Firefox is about the same as in Win 7. Internet Explorer 8 fails to ever display the molecule. OS X (Snow Leopard=10.6.8): Firefox and Chrome slightly outperform Safari, and seem a bit faster than Firefox in Windows. But Safari is quite satisfactory. Chrome for Mac does not pulse unevenly. I am using this test page: http://biomodel.uah.es/en/noJava/dna/dnapairs.htm (Angel, what version of JSmol is this? There appears to be no menu.) Rotation was tested with the mouse, or the "spin X 90 degrees" button. --------------------- INTERNET EXPLORER 9 (Win 7): rotation is so slow it is useless. Less than 1 refresh/second for wireframe. For spacefill, several seconds/refresh. You simply can't rotate it in real time in any meaningful sense. Therefore you can't appreciate this as a 3D model. Incidentally, the following error is reported: Message: 'org' is undefined Line: 62 Char: 5 Code: 0 URI: http://biomodel.uah.es/en/noJava/JSmol.js We are also seeing errors reported by IE9 for Proteopedia (still using Jmol) that we do not see in the other browsers. --------------------- FIREFOX 18 (Win 7) On the order of 5 refreshes/second for wireframe, perhaps 3/second for spacefill. A bit jerky but you do get the sense of rotation and 3D perspective. Perfectly acceptable. (With java and Jmol applet, the spacefill rotation is SMOOTH.) --------------------- CHROME 24.0.1312.52 m (Win 7) Refreshes come in spurts about every second. There seem to be multiple refreshes/second, but grouped in spurts, or with large jumps every second or so. The result is a very uneven movement that is unsatisfactory. --------------------- OPERA 12.12 (Win 7) Never displays the molecule. Permanent progress bar. --------------------- --------------------- INTERNET EXPLORER 8 (Win XP): never displays the molecule. Perpetual progress bar. Reports this: Message: Object doesn't support this property or method core.z.js Line: 76901 Char: 1 Code: 0 URI: http://biomodel.uah.es/en/noJava/j2s/java/core.z.js --------------------- FIREFOX 18 (Win XP): Satisfactory. About the same as in Win 7. --------------------- --------------------- I'm interested if others can reproduce, or have different results. Eric ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. SALE $99.99 this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122412 _______________________________________________ Jmol-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users
