> Dear Miguel, > Thanks for your note. We will consider this for a future enhancement to > the PDB web site's visualization options. Thanks. I appreciate your taking the time to take a look at it and consider it.
> We may add this as a link to > http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/software-list.html#Graphics only, We should certainly do this. > or make it > available from the Structure Explorer page; if the latter, I'll contact > you for details on how to incorporate this into our site. Yes, I would like to pursue this path as well. > It's worth > noting that we are re-engineering the entire PDB web site and query > system at this time, which will be the primary focus of our site > development efforts until that is released, in early 2004. Then, it sounds like now is a good time for us to be discussing this. Please add an item for Jmol on the 'structure explorer' task list and let me know what I can do to assist someone in taking a look at it. Miguel > Regards, > --Tammy Battistuz > RCSB Protein Data Bank > > > At 05:15 PM 10/27/2003 +0100, you wrote: >>Tammy, >> >>A couple of months ago you assisted me with some questions regarding a >> standard cgi access to the Protein Data Bank. Thanks for your help on >> that. >> >> >> >>I am one of the principal developers of Jmol, a open source molecular >> viewing application and applet. http://jmol.sourceforge.net >> >>The pdb web user interface currently offers a variety of interactive 3D >> visualization options, including Chime, RasMol, etc. I would like to >> explore the possibility of including the JmolApplet as an additional >> option. >> >>Advantages of the JmolApplet: >> - runs as an untrusted applet >> * end-users do not have to install any special software >> * loads automatically into any major web-browser >> * not a plugin >> * untrusted/unsigned (does not ask for system access) >> - runs on every major browser that supports Java >> - runs on Java 1.1 jvms >> * runs on Windows Internet Explorer >> * runs on older versions of Netscape >> - runs on a wide variety of platforms >> * win32 >> * Mac OS 9, Mac OS X >> * Linux/Unix >> - does *not* require Java3D >> >>The development version of Jmol has a 3d rendering engine implemented >> in software. On modern hardware performance is quite good, even with >> macro-molecules up to 20K atoms. >> >>For a small preview of the pre-release version you can take a look at >> http://jmol.sourceforge.net/preview >> >>I consider this email the start of a dialog to see what we (the Jmol >> developers) can do to demonstrate over the next 3-6 months that the >> applet is robust enough to meet your standards criteria. >> >>Is this something that you would be interested in? >> >>If so, what can I do to help make it happen? >> >>Let me know what you think. >> >> >>Thanks, >>Miguel -------------------------------------------------- Miguel Howard [EMAIL PROTECTED] c/Pe�a Primera 11-13 esc dcha 6B 37002 Salamanca Espa�a Spain -------------------------------------------------- telefono casa 923 27 10 82 movil 650 52 54 58 -------------------------------------------------- To call from the US dial 9:00 am Pacific US = home 011 34 923 27 10 82 12:00 noon Eastern US = cell 011 34 650 52 54 58 6:00 pm Spain -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ Jmol-developers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-developers
