And don't forget that Jmol has a WebGL option, but I don't claim that it is any better than the others. It's not our forte, and it comes with a significant overhead if all you want is a molecule to show.
On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 1:57 PM, Paul PILLOT <paulpil...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > -- Robert M. Hanson Larson-Anderson Professor of Chemistry Chair, Department of Chemistry St. Olaf College Northfield, MN http://www.stolaf.edu/people/hansonr If nature does not answer first what we want, it is better to take what answer we get. -- Josiah Willard Gibbs, Lecture XXX, Monday, February 5, 1900
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