I believe these devices will do just fine with gzipped JavaScript. What
they don't allow is binary files loaded synchronously, the way we need to
here. If you want to use PNGJ files or JMOL files, those are binary as well.
On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 7:51 AM, Wayne Decatur <[email protected]> wrote:
> That did indeed work, Bob. Thanks.
> Now I can use gzip but should I? Thinking about it more, should I bother
> with gzip if I know I am targeting an iPad device specifically? I thought
> I'd be saving data download resources for good-sized PDB file but what you
> describe sounds like it may end up costing someone's data plan more?
> I saw some discussion of gzip come up with regard to the packaging of the
> JSmol scripts but I didn't catch if there might be things to consider for
> different systems/devices.
> Wayne
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2012 17:10:14 -0600
>
> Subject: Re: [Jmol-users] gzip pdb file in JSmol
> To: Wayne Decatur <[email protected]>,
>
>
> Ah, I know what this is, I think. The browser on your iPad cannot read
> binary files using AJAX.
>
> You will need to install jsmol.php (see jsmol.php in jsmol.zip) on your
> server and point to that using Info.serverUrl. That is necessary for any
> file that is binary with certain platforms so that the page can pass the
> URL to the server, which will convert it to base64 format and then pass
> that data back to the page.
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 12:02 PM, Wayne Decatur <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > I have JSmol opening a gzipped pdb file served from a web server on a
> Mac.
> > All is well there. However, the same gzipped file from the same web
> server
> > source for JSmol gives an unknown type error message on an iPad where the
> > owner even set the browser settings all to factory. The same iPad will
> open
> > the gzipped water molecule in JSmol from Bob's test2.html page via his
> web
> > server.
> > Anybody seen anything like this?
> > Thanks,
> > Wayne
> >
> >
>
>
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