This new version is now available at SourceForge: *Download Jmol-14.4.1_2015.12.13-binary.zip (60.3 MB) <https://sourceforge.net/projects/jmol/files/latest/download?source=files>*
*IMPORTANT*: A very recent modification of Chrome makes Chrome unusable with all previous versions of JSmol, at least until sometime in January. The WebGL version of JSmol is not impacted. This appears to be the result of a well-meaning attempt by Chromium developers to enhance smooth scrolling of pages by lowering the priority of setTimeout calls. However, the unanticipated fallout of that change results in extremely rough rotation of models. You can follow the issue here: https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=568725 Note that one of the last comments on Dec. 11 indicates that there indicates this issue will not be addressed until sometime in January. *But there is a workaround. *This release of Jmol 14.4.1 should correct that problem and, at the same time, may improve performance with Microsoft Edge. I have put up two versions of JSmol that illustrate the problem and the fix: (original) http://chemapps.stolaf.edu/jmol/jsmol/jsmol.htm (fixed) http://chemapps.stolaf.edu/jmol/jsmol2/jsmol.htm Testing of that second site would be appreciated. The work-around is simple, and if you want, you can implement this yourself on your site. Really (in terms of this bug) it is just a single coding change in jsmol/js/JSmol.js, where one "setTimeout(f)" has been replaced with "requestAnimationFrame(f)". Thus, if you prefer, you should be able to just swap in a new JSmol.min.js or JSmol.min.nojq.js for the old one. I have not tried this. Of course, if you do that, then the other bugs listed below will still be there. If you want to try that, here is the link to that file specifically: http://chemapps.stolaf.edu/jmol/jsmol2/JSmol.min.js Bob Jmol.___JmolVersion="14.4.1_2015.12.13" bug fix: JavaScript Chrome/Edge fix for slow response due to setTimeout issues; uses requestAnimationFrame instead in JSmol.js bug fix: zoomTo not setting time to 0 in the case of scriptWait bug fix: set selectAllModels should restrict action of display/hide as well bug fix: set selectAllModels not working appropriately bug fix: set selectAllModels should not be saved in state bug fix: JmolData.jar does not update atom screen positions upon REFRESH or select {visible} bug fix: JmolData.jar -p flag does not work properly bug fix: model 0 issued when more than one PDB file is open does not execute model * -- 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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