[Jmol-users] Jmol specifications

[Frieda R. <fr...@ns...>]

I'm converting a suite of Chime tutorials to Jmol for a CD to accompany=20=

a textbook. I need to give the publishers the "design specs" for the=20
tutorials, and what I have found so far is not as detailed as what I=20
need. I have not had to gather design specs before, so I apologize if I=20=

am asking some naive questions. At the Jmol site I find:

  Free, open-source software licensed under the  GNU Lesser General=20
Public License
	=E2=80=A2 	 Applet, Application, and Systems Integration =
Component
	=E2=97=A6 	 The JmolApplet is a web browser applet that can =
be  integrated=20
into web pages. It is ideal for development  of web-based courseware=20
and web-accessible  chemical databases. The JmolApplet provides an=20
upgrade path  for users of the Chime plug-in.
	=E2=97=A6 	 The Jmol application is a standalone Java =
application  that runs=20
on the desktop.
	=E2=97=A6 	 The JmolViewer can be integrated as a component =
 into other Java=20
applications.
	=E2=80=A2 	 Cross-platform
	=E2=97=A6 	Windows
	=E2=97=A6 	Mac OS X
	=E2=97=A6 	Linux/Unix
	=E2=80=A2 	 Supports all major web browsers
	=E2=97=A6 	Internet Explorer (Win32)
	=E2=97=A6 	Mozilla/Firefox (Win32, OSX, *nix)
	=E2=97=A6 	Safari (Mac OS X)
	=E2=97=A6 	Opera 7.5.4 (Win32 only)
	=E2=80=A2 	 High-performance 3D rendering with no hardware =
requirements
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I do not understand what Win32 means. I gather from Google that it is a=20=

server? I was hoping to see details regarding WinXP, Win2000, Win 98,=20
Internet Explorer version 5.x, etc. etc. Does Win32 encompass the more=20=

recent Win systems? Also, what about different versions of the=20
browsers? Is there somewhere I can find more detailed information? What=20=

I am trying to put together would look more like this:

Windows 98
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.x, Netscape 4.7x, Netscape 7.x, Mozilla=20
1.x, Firefox 1.0, CompuServe 7, AOL 8, and Opera 7.11

Windows 2000
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.x, Netscape 7.x, Mozilla 1.x, Firefox=20
1.0, CompuServe 7, AOL 8, and Opera 7.11

Windows XP
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, Netscape 7.x, Mozilla 1.x, Firefox=20
1.0, CompuServe 7, AOL 8, and Opera 7.11

Of course, these are not the Jmol specs, and I need them for the other=20=

OSs as well, not just WIndows- just an example the type of detail I=20
need for the different operating systems... BTW, does Jmol run on=20
"Solaris"?

Finally, when an author uses Jmol.js, if a user's system does not have=20=

the appropriate Java VM, is the user always directed to the Sun website=20=

as appropriate, to download it?

Frieda=