Miguel wrote:
* The project is good for Jmol because it provides some focus for fleshing out the issues associated with applet-to-applet communication.
* To date no one else has stepped forward and expressed an interest in working on that issue.
that would be me....
It is great that Jmol is a component in these java-based environments. I want to extend this 'component' model by saying Jmol needs to be easily accessible as a component in web-based environments as well. That is, within the context of html applications I think there is great value in having the ability to support one or more independent 'controller' applets that communicate with a Jmol applet, sending script commands and querying/displaying state.
now we're talking
Fundamentally the API to Jmol is the same as for java-to-java communications, but with multiple applets on a web page there are rendezvous issues associated with establishing communication between the appropriate applets. Richard and Shravan approached me and said that they wanted to extend Henry's applet to communicate with Jmol. This was the first time that anyone raised their hand and said that they wanted to work on this applet-to-applet communication. I thought it was a good idea and I encouraged them to pursue it.
this will be the main issue with JMolSpec if/when it becomes open source. So, count me in! Bob -- Robert M. Hanson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], 507-646-3107 Professor of Chemistry, St. Olaf College 1520 St. Olaf Ave., Northfield, MN 55057 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.stolaf.edu/people/hansonr "Imagination is more important than knowledge." - Albert Einstein ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=103432&bid=230486&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Jmol-developers mailing list Jmol-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-developers
