Ewen wrote: > I showed Jmol to a colleague and he tried to rotate the model like > this: > > > > He clicked onto the molecule, dragged it round and then let go; he was > disappointed when the molecule did not continue its rotation. I > think he > thought it would act like an globe which you can spin round by hand. > > > > Thinking about it, that might be a rather cool way to navigate round a > molecule - could it be done? >
Please No! Precisely because it would make navigation more difficult. If I rotate a molecule and then stop I stop because I've found the view I want to work with. It the molecule continued to spin it would be an impediment. If I had to remember to hold down some other key to prevent it continuing spinning it would make it more difficult for me to use. This may be appropriate for Google Earth (presumably what he was thinking of) or a Steve Jobs Keynote, but not here. Jmol is not a coffee table book. David _______________________________________________________________ David P.Leader, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, IBLS, Davidson Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK Phone: +44 41 330-5905 http://doolittle.ibls.gla.ac.uk/leader _______________________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 _______________________________________________ Jmol-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users
