Re: [Jmol-users] Not all chemicals are molecules

2007-06-12 Thread Angel Herraez
Phillip Barak wrote: > is their any reason _not_ to specifically that usage specifically, >as in: > > 6- "Jmol: an open-source Java viewer for three-dimensional chemical, > crystallographic, and biomolecular structures." Well, one reason is to have a simple title. I don't want to disregard an

Re: [Jmol-users] Not all chemicals are molecules

2007-06-12 Thread Alan Hewat
5- "Jmol: an open-source Java viewer for three-dimensional atomic and molecular structures" 6- "Jmol: an open-source Java viewer for three-dimensional chemical, crystallographic, and biomolecular structures." "Atomic structure" has come to suggest the structure of the atom (cf nuclear structure)

Re: [Jmol-users] Not all chemicals are molecules

2007-06-11 Thread Phillip Barak
- Original Message - From: Angel Herraez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sunday, June 10, 2007 1:36 pm > > 4- "Jmol: an open-source Java viewer for three-dimensional chemical > and biomolecular > structures." > (my preferred one for now) With all the effort that went into the crystallographic

Re: [Jmol-users] Not all chemicals are molecules

2007-06-10 Thread Angel Herraez
Following on the recent posts about Jmol home page title, and recommended citation: I am waiting a little bit more for more opinions, but these are our candidates: 1- "Jmol: an open-source Java viewer for three-dimensional chemical structures." (criticised)

Re: [Jmol-users] Not all chemicals are molecules

2007-06-08 Thread Bob Hanson
I wholeheartedly support this discussion. Jmol 10 WAS strictly a "molecular viewer" -- there is no question about that. It's intriguing to think that Jmol 11 is "more than a molecular viewer" because of the additional capabilities in the area of crystallography. Personally I don't see the dist

Re: [Jmol-users] Not all chemicals are molecules

2007-06-08 Thread Sérgio Ceroni da Silva
Nick Greeves wrote: Molecular structures is not accurate. Bob uses quartz as an example, there are lovely pages showing zeolites, graphite, diamond, ionic solids e.g. NaCl, metals, etc. etc. _*These are not molecules but they are chemicals*_. Am I missing something?! I don't think we should

Re: [Jmol-users] Not all chemicals are molecules

2007-06-08 Thread Angel Herraez
> On the point of English, lowercase after a colon is correct like Spanish. Thanks Nick. I find it much better with the lowercase! Regarding the wording, "Jmol: an open-source Java viewer for three-dimensional  chemical and biochemical structures" sounds sweet to my ears In Spanish, we must