Thanks for that, Eric. It's encouraging that you're seeing no problems with a recent Mac setup; it may well be that the reports I was getting from Mac users are down to older versions of the software. I'll focus on that line of inquiry.
Best wishes Brian On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 02:26:06PM -0400, Eric Martz wrote: > Dear Brian, > > I tried all 3 menu items on your site in Mac Safari current version > (3.1.1) (Intel MacBook Pro w/ Leopard OS 10.5.2). There were no > errors in either the Java Console or the Jmol Console. "asymmetric > unit" and "unit cell" gave the same view in Jmol. "3 x 3 x 3 unit > cells" showed what appeared to be 27 unit cells. > > I got exactly the same behavior at your site in Firefox 2.0.0.12 and > 14 on OS X. No problems except that Jmol flashs blank between views > (unlike Safari) which has been true forever. > > When I tried Windows Safari some months ago, it seemed badly > defective at many levels, so I lost interest. > > Bear in mind that Apple's java (1.5.0_13 currently) is way behind > Sun's java for windows (1.6.0_05 currently). That can have some consequences. > > -Eric > > At 4/18/08, you wrote: >> I am having problems with some browsers running the load "" command >> from Jmol.js utilities. For example, the minimal test file >> http://scripts.iucr.org/bm/test.html has a jmolMenu with a >> few entries such as >> load "" {444 666 1}; >> >> When I run this on Windows Safari 3.1, I get a file error showing >> up in the Jmol applet window: >> >> java.security.AccessControlException: access denied >> (java.net.SocketPermission scripts.iucr.org resolve) >> >> I can successfully run the same command direct from the java console, >> or by right-clicking the applet menu under Symmetry. >> >> Seems like a Safari and/or Java problem (though I don't see this issue >> with Firefox running the same Sun JVM 1.6.0_05 on my machine). >> >> I know Windows Safari is a minority taste, but I gather Mac users >> are seeing these problems on Safari and possibly also on Firefox. >> (I don't have a Mac so am testing under Windows Vista.) >> >> I'd welcome any insight into why this might be happening, and what >> might be done to cure it. >> >> Thanks >> Brian _________________________________________________________________________ Brian McMahon tel: +44 1244 342878 Research and Development Officer fax: +44 1244 314888 International Union of Crystallography e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 5 Abbey Square, Chester CH1 2HU, England ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ Jmol-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users
