[Molvis-list] FirstGlance in Jmol: new version

[A.Malcolm Campbell]

Great! Even better than the first version.

I really think the atom ID is an improvement. Students have a hard time 
seeing the tiny labels on the structures.

Thanks,
Malcolm


On Feb 13, 2006, at 1:53 PM, Eric Martz wrote:

> A new version of FirstGlance in Jmol (http://firstglance.jmol.org) has 
> been released. FirstGlance in Jmol can display any PDB file that is 
> online. Nothing need be installed beforehand (except possibly a quick 
> and painless java upgrade via http://java.com), and it works in 
> popular browsers and platforms including MSIE on Windows, Safari or 
> Firefox on Mac OSX, and Firefox on linux.
>
> Starting with the February 2006 issue, Nature Structural and Molecular 
> Biology has "3D View" links to display new structures in FirstGlance 
> in Jmol.
> http://www.nature.com/nsmb/
> An editorial in the February 2006 issue, entitled "We're living in a 
> 3D world", introduces this new feature.
>
> Changes: The initial molecular view now shows ligands and disulfide 
> bonds by default, and has a checkbox (under "More Views.." or 
> "Ligands+") to highlight non-standard amino acids or nucleotides. 
> Clicking on an atom now produces a large, clear identification report 
> (rather than centering on that atom, as in the previous version). 
> There is a new atom centering dialog, with better controls. The 
> complete list of improvements: 
> http://molvis.sdsc.edu/fgij/versions.htm
>
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