> On 8 Jun 2017, at 13:45, Robert Hanson <hans...@stolaf.edu> wrote: > > ps -- neither of the VMD images at > http://www.ch.imperial.ac.uk/rzepa/blog/?p=18365#comment-243964 are volume > rendering, by the way. They are just surfaces, one with reflection; one just > a mesh. Right?
Yes. The reduction in cube size of ~500 is impressive, but then JVXL manages ~100 (and perhaps more if compressed?) Contact Brian Skinner for the inside story. bsk...@alum.mit.edu > > On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 7:41 AM, Robert Hanson <hans...@stolaf.edu> wrote: > RIP, Java applets. > > On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 5:29 AM, Rzepa, Henry S <h.rz...@imperial.ac.uk> wrote: > I have had a look at Safari preview 32. In the preferences/security tab, the > current production safari has settings for > > 1. Allow WebGL > 2. Allow Internet Plugins, and in this latter one can configure to allow > Java. > > In Safari 32, both of these are now gone. With High Sierra developer > preview about to be released into beta, may bring confirmation that Safari > too has now not merely been deprecated but disallowed. > > If correct, this means that Jmol.jar can only now run in application mode, > and not as a browser plugin. > > Still, Apple promise that the new Safari will be “faster”, although I > suspect it has some way to go to be as fast as compiled Java. > > > I wonder what the missing WebGL means? It never really took off did it! > > ?? WebGL is fantastic. Everyone is using it, including JSmol if you use that > option. See this note relative to WebGPU, though: > https://webkit.org/blog/7380/next-generation-3d-graphics-on-the-web/ > > Is curious, though. I can't seem to find any reference to WebGL at the > preview site. Where do you see that, Henry? > > > Bob > > > > > -- > Robert M. Hanson > Professor 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 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! > http://sdm.link/slashdot_______________________________________________ > Jmol-users mailing list > Jmol-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users
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