Thanks for this.
I believe the Opera problem is fixed. At least, Opera 12.2 is reading
http://chemapps.stolaf.edu/jmol/jsmol/jsmol.htm just fine for me on Windows.
For performance, maybe Eric can set us up some benchmark pages. Performance
will vary by canvas size, and it is important to indicate browser version,
please.
Bob
On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 3:34 AM, Angel Herráez <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear Eric, glad to hear from you
>
>
> > In Windows 7, I find huge speed differences between browsers for
> > JSmol. Sorry if this has already been reported.
>
> I am also seeing this, although I haven't done a systematic analysis.
> I understand all comes down to the Javascript engine or
> implementation of each browser.
>
>
> > Windows 7: Firefox is BY FAR the best, at least for the version of
> > JSmol at the page tested. Internet Explorer 9 is so slow for rotation
> > as to be useless; Chrome gives pulsing uneven rotation; Opera fails
> > to show the molecule.
>
> For me Chrome looked similar or even smoother than Firefox (Win7 or
> XP, not sure).
>
> Explorer is certainly a slow beast in Javascript. I find it even
> worse than iPad (and Judy Voet told me she found the iPad too
> unresponsive with protein rotation, I did not see it so bad in my
> only chance to try).
>
> Opera has certainly some incompatibility with the JSmol code. I
> hevn't seen any page working.
>
>
> > Windows XP: Firefox is about the same as in Win 7. Internet Explorer
> > 8 fails to ever display the molecule.
>
> My IE8 WinXP does work, so we must chase this problem. I will contact
> you off-list when I have the time.
>
>
> > I am using this test page:
> > http://biomodel.uah.es/en/noJava/dna/dnapairs.htm
>
> Note that the JSmol version I have there now is dated Dec , not the
> latest. But that is working for me, and I will not update JSmol until
> I can check that everything works correctly.
>
>
> > Incidentally, the following error is reported:
> >
> > Message: 'org' is undefined
> > Line: 62
> > Char: 5
> > Code: 0
> > URI: http://biomodel.uah.es/en/noJava/JSmol.js
>
> Is that upon page load? I will try to check.
> I have IE8 WinXP at work, IE9 Win7 at home, so testign will go
> slowly.
>
>
> > We are also seeing errors reported by IE9 for Proteopedia (still
> > using Jmol) that we do not see in the other browsers.
>
> Give the current Java state, all sorts of differences may arise
> depending on combination of versions.
>
>
>
>
>
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