Hi Angel, feel free to include this comparison in the wiki for further reference.
I fully agree with all your comments. Persistency of web libraries is an important aspect. Some are funded projects (3Dmol.js relies on a grant), some are academic or backed by public institutions. Open source development (such as public source repositories) provide an opportunity for future developments. The ease of implementation of the library should also be taken into account, especially if you’re going for a multiple alternatives option. Vive Jmol ! > Le 03-11-2015 à 04:45, Angel Herráez <angel.herr...@uah.es> a écrit : > > Hi Paul > > Thank you for the information, it is very interesting. I had already seen PV > in > action, but not others. I wonder how much hard work is being duplicated in > parallel. > > I'm quite sure that the better performance is due to WebGL, not to the > efficiency of the software code. > > The old problem with WebGL was lack of support in old machines (graphic > cards). I guess this is a nearly negligible worry today --though I wonder > about > tablets. > > Another big issue is permanence; many programs are "experiments" that > quickly go dead. I have not experienced this with 3D, but It happened with > 2D molecule drawing, very nice and promising ones stopped being > developed. See http://biomodel.uah.es/en/DIY/ > http://biomodel.uah.es/en/DIY/comparison.htm > > That is worrisome when trying to choose. > > But anyway your comparison is very useful and one could design pages > offerring altenatives to users, as e.g. RCSB is now doing: PV / JSmol / > JmolJava > > If you don't mind, I'd be happy to add your comparison table to the Jmol > Wiki, so we can easily find it and keep if updated. > > And finally, I wish some of the "expertise" of these programs would entice > someone to step ahead and grab the task of further implementing WebGL in > Jmol (I'm not saying Bob Hanson) > > Long live Jmol! > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Jmol-users mailing list > Jmol-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Jmol-users mailing list Jmol-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users
