Robert wrote: >>> I've recently upgraded to MacOS 10.3, and I use Safari nearly >>> exclusively. I was wondering whether there are plans or has been >>> progress in creating a Jmol plug-in for the Safari Web browser? >> >>Panther 10.3/Safari works well with the existing JmolApplet. > > Hi Miguel, > > I'm not talking about an applet, which must be delivered from server to > user at the same time as the content (isn't that right?). I'm talking > about a plug-in, like PDF Viewer or PDF Browser or Chime, which allows > the user to view content that is delivered without an applet.
Robert, OK, now I understand. You want something that is installed on the local machine and does not require a web server. > Specifically, the American Chemical Society now provides MOL files and > other online content in the Web versions of their publications, but it > does not deliver applets to render the content. (Maybe it should, but > it doesn't.) (Perhaps we should suggest that they consider using Jmol :-) > Currently, there are only two ways for Mac users to view > this content: (1) use Netscape 4.7 with the Chime or Chem3D plug-in, or > (2) save the content to disk and then open the content with a > stand-alone app like Jmol or a host of other > commercial apps. I would like to have a plug-in for Safari so that > when I direct the browser to a MOL file, the plug-in automatically > renders it in the Web browser page. I might even be willing to pay a > shareware fee for such a plug-in. You have raised some good points. Here are my personal thoughts/comments ... in random order: * In general, it is extremely expensive to develop and maintain plug-ins. To the best of my knowledge, there is no well-defined standard Plug-in architecture (although Netscape's API is probably somewhat standard). This means that plug-ins have to be developed on a per platform/browser basis. This is very costly and painful, and can only be undertaken by companies that have significant financial resources. That is why Chime went down the toilet. * The Applet architecuture was designed to replace this. Everyone fell in love with Applets because they were supposed to solve this problem ... cross-platform compatibility and a standard interface to the Browser. * It is possible to install an applet locally. This is called a *signed* applet. * It may be possible for us to create a JmolApplet that could be installed locally as a signed applet and would operate offline by detecting the mime-type ... I do not know ... but I will put it on my list of things to investigate. Please let me know whether or not this makes sense to you. And certainly let me know if anyone has any data on this. Miguel ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click _______________________________________________ Jmol-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users
