> Bill Reusch and I are tracking down what we think may be a previously > unidentified difference in some operating systems/java versions (don't > know > which yet). > > Here it is in a nutshell. If anyone else wishes to investigate, feel free. > > It appears that with some platforms, namely some Mac OS/Java versions, > problems > can result if > > a) A page is opened and loads JmolApplet.jar from directory A. > b) Another page is opened and loads a DIFFERENT JmolApplet.jar from > directory B. > c) The first page is returned to. > > The observation is that then LiveConnect is dead. HTML-based controls on > the > original page are nonfunctional. The applet cannot be communicated with > via > JavaScript.
That is a good bug. > Obviously this is reason to consolidate your pages and have > all loading the SAME JmolApplet.jar. But it would be good to > know how widespread a problem this is. My *guess* is that it is not widespread. 1. It seems to me that this could be perceived as a security problem ... there certainly is some type of inappropriate interaction going on between web pages. Therefore, I think that if it were to occur that the vendors would take it seriously. 2. I believe that this type of circumstance could easily happen frequently. Not normally with applets as large as Jmol, but with smaller applets, like menu systems & UI controls. In large web sites one could easily have these types of small applets duplicated. Therefore, it seems to me that if it were to occur frequently on major browser platforms then it would have been corrected. As you may recall Safari is based upon Konqueror. This sounds similar to some of the JavaScript/applet problems on Konqueror ... Q: Is this only a Safari issue, or does it occur on Firefox as well? Miguel ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_ide95&alloc_id396&op=click _______________________________________________ Jmol-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users
