Jmol users, I have an idea for slimming down the Jmol applet and need comments. The idea is that few people will use ALL the capabilities of Jmol. Perhaps there should be a set of Jar files that are optional add-ons to a basic package. This package might have just a couple of file readers, no language translation, no crystallographic symmetry, no draw/isosurface/pmesh, no biomolecular cartoons, no navigation, no popup menu, etc. -- some agreed upon mimimum.
Then the page developer might add on jar files that fit the need. This could be customized in a variety of ways. I've experimented some and found using a little home-brew server that several parts of Jmol were loading unnecessarily -- Draw, for example, and SymmetryOperations, and some others. I've found a minimum set that brings the Jar file size down to 695K -- that's about 58% of the full package. Q: Is this a good idea? Q: Has the Jmol applet gotten too large? Q: If so, what would the different "flavors" of Jmol include? Mind you, you could always use the full jar file or a given Jar file and one or two extra files. Ideas I can imagine include: JmolAppletLite JmolAppletOrganic JmolAppletBio JmolAppletXtal Obviously the popup menu would have to be different for each -- I have an idea to make that a loadable/customizable resource anyway. Thoughts? Bob ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users
