at 5.55p EDT on 2003 December 11 Thursday Miguel Howard said: > >> My goal is to extend the JmolModelAdapter API so that the CDK data > >> structures could optionally be released once the model is loaded into > >> memory. This would make it easier for a simple viewing application to > >> take advantage of the CDK IO facilities, then release that memory for > >> other uses. > >> > > [...] > > for example, I use the pdb format almost exclusively. I hardly ever > > need to support mmol. if I create a Web page that requires mmol > > support, I can add the extra lib. if a third Web page requires ent > > support, I can add the ent lib. etc. this lets me, the developer, > > worry about support versus user issues. if all of my users are on a > > university pipe, maybe I include support for all file formats; if there > > are a lot of vocal modem users, maybe not ;-) > > > > > > does this make any sense realistically? > Yes. > > What I would rather try to do is provide two or three .jar files ... > JmolApplet.jar, JmolApplet2.jar ... then encourage all web developers to > include them in all their scripts. That way, adding support for additional > file types or functionality would be easy. > of course, the easier it is for developers and users alike, the better. that being said, if push came to shove, I prefer asking the developer to add various libraries rather than asking the user to deal with long download times and poor responsiveness.
just my two cents! regards, :tim -- timothy driscoll molvisions - molecular graphics & visualization <http://www.molvisions.com/> usa:north carolina:wake forest ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials. Become an expert in LINUX or just sharpen your skills. Sign up for IBM's Free Linux Tutorials. Learn everything from the bash shell to sys admin. Click now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1278&alloc_id=3371&op=click _______________________________________________ Jmol-developers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-developers
