On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 12:55 PM, Thomas Stout <[email protected]>wrote:
>
> I believe that I have just stumbled into either an oversight, a bug or --
> most likely -- my not keeping up with version changes...
>
> Anyway, I recently decided that it was time to consider upgrading a
> (private) site that I maintain from Jmol version 11.6RC16 (signed) to the
> current version. I downloaded and installed Jmol 11.9.10 into my sandboxed
> version of the site and started testing all the features/functions that the
> site requires. Everything seems great & the site runs fine "as is", so the
> next step was to start implementing some of the new features. As a result,
> I've made the following two observations:
>
> i) when I turn on "set allowgestures", the "click-and-throw" works nicely
> to initiate rotations in a given direction. However, once antialiasDisplay
> is turned on, the gestures no longer function. However, I should also say
> that I find the "touch" necessary to initiate the ongoing rotation to be
> tricky to attain & perhaps with antialiasing on the timing becomes even more
> narrow and I am simply unable to achieve the correct mousing action...
> Turning antialiasing off does recover my ability to initiate the rotation
> however (and I've gotten much better at it with all this testing!) I do
> think though that this may be a browser specific issue. Gestures appear to
> continue to function with antialiasing on under WinXP with IE, but not
> function using Safari, Chrome or Firefox. I first discovered it using FF
> 3.0.14 under RHEL5. Both my linux box and windows machine are running a
> very recent install of java (v 6 update 17). I do not have a Mac to test
> that environment...
>
>
I'm not seeing that problem. Could be just training. But understand that
that command is really geared toward touch-screen users. In that case the
release and the end of the gesture both one moment in time. You just lift
your finger while moving it. It's sometimes called a "flick."
> ii) when I turn on zshading (LOVE IT), my translucent surfaces become
> undisplayed. Turning zshade off re-displays the surfaces. I'm using VDW
> surfaces only, so I don't know if this applies to any other type of
> surface. Here is an example of one of my surface creation commands:
>
> Glad you like that. A simple fix -- Fixed for Jmol 11.9.11
> javascript:jmolScript('select (:Z or pdbligand) and not solvent; isosurface
> ligZsurface ignore(protein or solvent) vdw -80% select(:Z or pdbligand)
> SASURFACE RESOLUTION 50.0 translucent on ;');
>
> BTW, if surfaces are made opaque then they continue to remain displayed
> when zshade is turned on. I've tried translucencies from 5-95% and the
> effect is the same.
>
> I've observed the surface on/off issue under both Linux (RHEL5) and WinXP
> using Firefox (linux: version 3.0.14 / WinXP: version 3.5) and IE (Win
> only). I have the most recent java on both machines (version 6 update 17).
>
> Any insights/suggestions?
>
> Many thanks as always!
> -Tom
>
> PS - The zshading was my inspiration to upgrade the site since the
> perception of depth is so greatly enhanced -- I really hope this is a minor
> issue so that I can deploy it!
>
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