Bob,
This is a great idea!
Note: the Jmol WebExport feature automatically generates pages in the proper
form to work. On issue is that every single page generated for local use has a
j2s directory. That would be very inefficient for space. Maybe we need to try
to make that more efficient.
I would like to help, but I think I am too busy this summer. I am running two
major projects this summer (testing candidate anti-rhinovirus compounds for
inhibition of rhinovirus infections and quantum computations on ionization
potentials). At present, I am barely keeping up with that.
Jonathan
Dr. Jonathan H. Gutow
Chemistry Department [email protected]
UW-Oshkosh Office:920-424-1326
800 Algoma Boulevard FAX:920-424-2042
Oshkosh, WI 54901
http://www.uwosh.edu/facstaff/gutow/
> On Jun 28, 2016, at 5:57 PM, [email protected] wrote:
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2016 09:00:57 -0400
> From: Robert Hanson <[email protected]>
> Subject: [Jmol-users] page-developer request - Jmol Unplugged
> To: "[email protected]"
> <[email protected]>
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> Jmol page developers,
>
> Today I am giving a workshop on the use of Jmol in general and inorganic
> chemistry. Tomorrow the subject is organic chemistry, and Thursday it is
> physical chemistry. These workshops are at the Universidad Mayor San Sim?n,
> in Cochabama, Bolivia. Please feel free to come and help me out!
>
> While there is widespread fast internet in Bolivia, there are certainly
> times and places where it is not available. (One of those places is an
> auditorium where I am giving another presentation tomorrow.)
>
> I have an idea that will change the way Jmol is used in many parts of the
> world. It will open up opportunities for millions of students and thousands
> of professors and high-school teachers to use Jmol. It's simple. I'm not
> sure exactly what to call it, but for now I am calling it "Jmol Unplugged".
> Here is the idea:
>
> Somewhere - possibly SourceForge - we create a site where people can upload
> fully contained web site "packages" that amount to stand-alone web
> applications. For example, I just created this directory:
>
> http://chemapps.stolaf.edu/jmol/unplugged/sites
>
> where we find
>
> http://chemapps.stolaf.edu/jmol/unplugged/sites/coolMolecules.zip
> http://chemapps.stolaf.edu/jmol/unplugged/sites/orbitals.zip
>
> These are the fully-contained fully operational JavaScript versions of
>
> http://www.stolaf.edu/depts/chemistry/mo/struc
> http://chemapps.stolaf.edu/jmol/orbitals
>
> They can be downloaded to a laptop and -- provided the browser is set up
> for local file reading -- they will run totally disconnected from the web.
>
> The conditions for curation would be something like this:
>
> 1) *For the most part* the site must work without an internet connection.
> It would be fine if it still has a few links to external pages that are not
> critical to the function of the site. But the primary function of the site
> would have to be self-contained. That means no use of NCI Resolver,
> PubChem, or RCSB, for example.
>
> 2) The site is JavaScript only. Or, at least it is either Java-only or
> JS-only, and if it is Java only, that is clearly indicated in its file
> name.
>
> 3) The contributor understands that they are giving away their site.
> Someone can now take it, change it, put it up somewhere on their own.
> Whatever. Maybe there's a licensing agreement that has to be worked out. I
> don't know.
>
> Obviously we would need some sort of introductory page with descriptions
> of the site packages. I think that would be a Wiki -- maybe even Wikipedia?
> Not sure about that.
>
> We would have to think about whether we want to have these totally
> self-contained, with the j2s directory, or not. My inclination is that we
> DO have them contain the j2s directory so that no changes to Jmol affect
> the site. But there might be other options there. I don't want to make this
> more complicated than it has to be.
>
> I think there's a publication in this for anyone who wants to help organize
> it and get it off the ground. It will take some effort to standardize it,
> figure it out, and curate it.
>
> Right now I am asking for anyone who wants to contribute their work to send
> me a link to a zip file that, when opened, contains your site and fits
> these criteria.
>
> If you would let me use your site in my workshops and put them up
> temporarily at chemapps.stolaf.edu, send me a link today.
>
> Thank you!
>
> Bob
>
> --
> Robert M. Hanson
> Larson-Anderson Professor of Chemistry
> St. Olaf College
> Northfield, MN
> http://www.stolaf.edu/people/hansonr
>
>
> 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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