Evolution of FirstGlance in Jmol: 2005-2026
by Eric Martz, April, 2026
Only the 15 versions with substantial changes to the Front Door are pictured below,
going back to the inception of FirstGlance in Jmol in 2005.
36 releases with substantial enhancements were released
during this 21-year span of time. Protein Explorer was the
forerunner to FirstGlance in Jmol. Protein Explorer was first available
in 1998, and was widely used for a decade, before several factors rendered it obsolete.
Snapshots and videos of Protein Explorer
have been captured to document this period.
CLICK ON IMAGES TO ENLARGE.
2026.03: Version 4.6 1ijw
2025.08: Version 4.5 1ijw
2024.08: Version 4.31 1ijw
Not Shown: 2022.09 (4.1)
2022.08: Version 4.0 1ijw
2022.01: Version 3.8 1ijw
Versions older than 3.8 are no longer operational because
they require Java, which no modern web browsers support.
Not Shown:
2021.10 (3.7) / 2021.09 (3.6)
2021.08: Version 3.5
2020.04: Version 3.0
Not Shown:
2019.09 (2.9) / 2019.05 (2.8)
2018.01-2019.01 (2.71-2.74)
2018.01: Version 2.7
2016.05: Version 2.5
Not Shown: 2016.01 (2.4)
2015.09: Version 2.31
Not Shown: 2014.09 (2.2) / 2014.06 (2.1)
2014.04: Version 2.00
From here back in time, snapshots of the initial view of 1ijw
are shown when available, running in an old version of
Firefox in Windows 98.
are shown when available, running in an old version of
Firefox in Windows 98.
Not Shown: 2014.01 (1.98) / 2013.06 (1.95)
2013.05 (1.92) / 2013.04 (1.9) / 2013.02 (1.47)
1ijw in 1.46,
and
More Views
2012.06: Version 1.46
Not Shown:
2010.04 (1.45) / 2010.02 (1.44) / 2008.04-12 (1.40-1.42)
2007.04-09 (1.36-1.39) / 2006.09 (1.2) / 2006.05 (1.0)
1ijw in 0.99
and
Charge
2006.05: Version 0.99
Not Shown: 2006.03 (0.98)
2006.02: Version 0.97
2005.11: Version 0.95
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