#9238: J. Gutow's update to Jmol in the notebook...
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Reporter: gutow
| Owner: gutow
Type: enhancement
| Status: needs_work
Priority: major
| Milestone: sage-4.7
Component: notebook
| Keywords:
Author: Jonathan Gutow
| Upstream: N/A
Reviewer: Jason Grout, Karl-Dieter Crisman
| Merged:
Work_issues: reduce awake applets, remove pull-down menu, move 'on' checkbox
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Comment(by gutow):
Replying to [comment:127 kcrisman]:
> > Can we recommend against using FF on MacOS as it doesn't work reliably
anyway?
> No. Way too many users default to FF on Mac OS, IIRC.
Makes sense.
> I tested this again on your server on two different Macs. On the very
old slow one (<1 GHz, FF 3.6.14), it was achingly slow, but no problems.
[snip. Can you borrow a colleague's Mac with FF to test this?
I'm in charge of about 30 computers for my department. I've tried it on
many of them with the same results.
> > I could put in a browser check that pops up an alert for MacOS users
telling them to use Safari if they have problems.
> I think that's not a bad idea. As soon as a Java/Jmol is detected, if
one has FF+Mac, the script for Jmol to the browser gives a little alert.
This shouldn't be default; lots of people use Sage without ever touching
3D plotting, and it could be confusing.
So here are my priorities:
1. Lower # of live Jmols (easy, I've got a place to do that.)
1. Check Browser/OS combination before launch of first Jmol. Pop alert
if FF+MacOS. Should I only do this for logged in users or always?
1. Sleep all (or all but one) Jmol applet when pop-up Jmol is activated.
I'm just about to the end of my school break so I want to work on the
highest priority things now. Things will proceed much more slowly
starting next week.
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