Wow. I've stepped into (and probably added fuel to) a firestorm.
I'd like to suggest that this is not the forum for arguing the merits of iOS vs
Android. Some of us are a bit fanatical about iOS (OK, I'm one of them), and
some fanatical about Android. But we're all unified in being fanatical about
Jmol.
I think we can all agree that Jmol should be accessible to as many people on as
many platforms as possible. In the days of CHIME, one could write a WEB page
that included glorious interactive content, but users who did not install the
plug-in (or who were using newer cutting edge browsers, if I remember
correctly) were met with an error message. Jmol's biggest advancement (among a
huge list of advancements) was fixing that glaring problem. I can write a WEB
page with embedded molecules and be assured that every user sees what I want.
Alas, we're now revisiting history. One can argue that this is all Apple's
fault for not supporting Java, but that won't change reality. We can't simply
tell users the equivalent of "well, just stay with Netscape 4.x and everything
will be fine." They will use what they use - and we want to reach them all. And
as with CHIME, authors will be less inclined to use Jmol if they know that
there are significant markets that cannot be reached.
So yes, Jmol should run on Android, and yes, it should run on iOS, regardless
of where one stands in the platform war... The challenge of open source is
"who's going to fix this and how?" Perhaps our discussion should move in that
direction?
Thanks to everyone for their passions - that's what keeps Jmol dynamic!!
Craig Martin
cmar...@chem.umass.edu
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