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<p>I have updated JSmol performance results in popular browsers.
Chrome now runs JSmol fastest in both Windows and OS X.<br>
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<p>Chrome now significantly out-performs Firefox, especially on
Windows, where Chrome is ~2X faster at rotating a cartoon
rendering.</p>
<p>Safari is now ~5X slower to rotate spacefill rendering than
Chrome. This is true on both OS 10.14 and OS 10.10.</p>
<p>For smallish molecules (10,000 atoms or less) the differences
between Chrome, Firefox and Safari will be minor. ~90% of entries
in the PDB have <=10,000 atoms. With large JSmol's (~800 pixels
square) and large molecules (my test molecule, 1g3i, has 45,000
atoms) you will definitely prefer Chrome.<br>
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<p>Edge is ~5X slower than Chrome for all renderings. Internet
Explorer remains unusably slow (10 to 30X slower) for JSmol.</p>
<p>Details:</p>
<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://proteopedia.org/w/JSmol/Rotation_Speeds">http://proteopedia.org/w/JSmol/Rotation_Speeds</a></p>
<p>-Eric<br>
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Eric Martz, Professor Emeritus, Dept Microbiology
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U Mass, Amherst -- <a href="http://Martz.MolviZ.Org">Martz.MolviZ.Org</a>
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Guided Exploration of Macromolecules: <a
href="http://firstglance.jmol.Org">FirstGlance.Jmol.Org</a>
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Protein 3D Structure Wiki: <a href="http://proteopedia.Org">Proteopedia.Org</a>
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Top Five 3D MolVis Tools: <a href="http://top5.MolviZ.Org">Top5.MolviZ.Org</a>
</li>
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Education: Biochem in 3D at <a href="http://MolviZ.Org">MolviZ.Org</a>
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Find Functional Patches in Proteins: <a
href="http://consurf.tau.ac.il">ConSurf</a>
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Atlas of Macromolecules: <a href="http://atlas.MolviZ.Org">Atlas.MolviZ.Org</a>
</li>
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Interactive Molecules in Architectural Spaces: <a
href="http://molecularplayground.Org">MolecularPlayground.Org</a>
</li>
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Workshops: <a href="http://workshops.MolviZ.Org">Workshops.MolviZ.Org</a>
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