Bob wrote: > In February of 2005 the default in Jmol was changed from > "zoom 100" scaling to fit the the smaller dimension (so > that a model is automatically always on screen) to scaling > to fit the larger dimension (so that a model generally goes > off screen along the smaller dimension, but fills the > applet in the larger dimension.) Now that we can resize > the applet and application easily, people are going to > start doing it, these questions will come up. So I ask them now. > > 1) Why was that done? (Miguel?)
I may be mistaken, but I believe that Frieda was one of the people who requested this. Angel wrote: > If the webpage author decides for a non-square applet, it's because > (s)he has a long molecule. Fitting by default to the shorter > dimension sounds reasonable in general terms, but is a waste of > applet space in rectangular applets. I think that Angel did a good job of summarizing the justification that was made at the time of the change. * If you are using square applets then it doesn't matter. * The primary reason for using a rectangular applet is to display a rectangular molecule. * For a rectangular molecule the changed behavior works better. Miguel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Jmol-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-developers
