> >> Based upon your description, I believe that most of your issues are not >> specifically related to Jmol. >> >> Rather, they are related to your machine configurations (CPU speed & >> memory) and the fact that Java is quite 'heavy' and requires a lot of >> resources to get initialized. > > OK. Really, on the G4, thinks work quicker. However, the first time > that I download a page I can have problems, but the next time, it will > work right.
The first time that you access the page the applet must be downloaded from the server. Later, the applet must only be downloaded if the file has changed on the server. >>> IT works nearly fine with Explorer and Mozillas, but not with Safari. >> >> The problem is that with Explorer & Mozilla on Mac OSX you cannot use >> JavaScript to send scripts to the JmolApplet. > > I do not understand. Your reply would mean that jmol works under Safari > and not under Explorer and Mozilla. Correct. The latest version of Safari usually works much better than Explorer or Mozilla. > But jmol do work well on OS X with explorer and mozilla. > I have not tried the applet alone but embed in your web pages My demonstration pages are specifically built so that they do not use JavaScript. But this is not a good general solution for most people. JavaScript is usually better for most people. >>> I also have tried with Netscape 4.8 in MacOS 9.2 (in a iMac G3 500) >>> but >>> it takes even more time to load. >> >> Do you mean to load the html page with the applet or to load a >> molecule? > > The page is loaded a little slower, but the applet takes much more time > to load itself, and also takes lots of time in downloading a molecule The java interpreter under Netscape 4.* on OS 9 is very poor and very slow. > Moreover, with netscape 4.8 and OS 9 there are things in jmol that do > not work. I have not tried Jmol on MacOS 9 in a long time. >> How much memory do you have on your machine? > > 640 Mb on the iBook and 320 Mb on the iMac > >> Can you hear the hard disk (or see the light flashing) while the page >> is >> loading?. If so, then you need more memory. > > No this is not the case. The disk is silent in both computers. OK. >> OSX requires quite a bit more memory than OS9. And starting up Java is >> expensive. > > It seems to be more expensive on OS9 than in OSX. The same iMac is > running both OSx and 9, and the performance with jmol is better in os > X. Yes, because the Netscape 4.* Java interpreter is very slow. >> What I should have asked was the size of the Jmol window. > > Since I am using jmol from your web pages, it is the size you decide. OK. I did not know that you were using my demonstration pages. > But there is an interesting fact. In normal pages, the ctrl-mouse opens > a pop-up menu like chime. But in the demos you have in the sneak > preview section, this menu do not appear in any case. On OS9 there is no popup menu because the Java libraries are incomplete. Miguel ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: GNOME Foundation Hackers Unite! GUADEC: The world's #1 Open Source Desktop Event. GNOME Users and Developers European Conference, 28-30th June in Norway http://2004/guadec.org _______________________________________________ Jmol-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users
