On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 10:58 AM, Rolf Huehne <rolf.hue...@leibniz-fli.de>
wrote:
> Am 08.06.17 um 14:41 schrieb Robert Hanson:
>
>> RIP, Java applets.
>>
>> Since there still are many situations where the superior Java performance
> would be helpful (large structures; surfaces; complex Jmol scripts that are
> running about 50 times slower in the Javascript version) it would still be
> good to have a Java version with the flexibility of the applet to build
> customized user interfaces.
>
> sorry, didn't mean to imply that we were dropping applet production. It's
all produced in a few clicks of a button -- Jmol app, Jmol applet,
JmolData, JSmol. So I will keep that happening the same.
> I am wondering how much effort it would be to extend the applet by a
> HTML/CSS rendering and Javascript engine like it is provided by systems
> like 'JavaFX - WebView Component (https://docs.oracle.com/javas
> e/8/javafx/api/toc.htm https://stackoverflow.com/ques
> tions/2438201/pure-java-html-viewer-renderer-for-use-in-a-scrollable-pane),
> Oracle Nashorn (http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/articles/java/jf14-
> nashorn-2126515.html), and HtmlUnit (http://htmlunit.sourceforge.net/).
>
> I woud guess one of the critical points would be how much of the
> Javascript/Applet communication would still be possible in such application.
>
I don't know anything about JavaFX, but it's not clear to me there has been
any development on it since 2012 or 2014. Maybe just an idea that never
took off? Do you see some advantage to this?
Bob
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