On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 04:59:06 -0400, Francesco Bennardo wrote:

> look first the graphics.

Kinda hard to do on Linux when the plugin requires Windows!

If you want feedback on the graphics, the site has to be usable as well.  
Site design that specifies a particular resolution (my 17" monitor, for 
example, only does up to 1280x1024 - so it's probably good you didn't 
specify 1400x1050 or higher) or platform limits your audience.

There are plenty of cross-platform technologies that should be able to 
meet the needs to display your images.  Like PNG files, for example, or 
Flash if you really insist on having some animation.

Jim

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Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 04:59:06 -0400, Francesco Bennardo wrote:
>
> > look first the graphics.
>
> Kinda hard to do on Linux when the plugin requires Windows!
>
> If you want feedback on the graphics, the site has to be usable as well.
> Site design that specifies a particular resolution (my 17" monitor, for
> example, only does up to 1280x1024 - so it's probably good you didn't
> specify 1400x1050 or higher) or platform limits your audience.
>
> There are plenty of cross-platform technologies that should be able to
> meet the needs to display your images.  Like PNG files, for example, or
> Flash if you really insist on having some animation.
>
> Jim

I will see what i can do. In the mean, if someone is able to see the
raytracing molecules and want to give me a feedback, any feedback is
welcome.
Thank you again
Francesco

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I went around to installing the plug-in. The default animation is pretty cool.
If you rotate a big molecule the movement is jerky, you need more frames in the
anumations. The pics displayed in 1:1 ratio on my monitor, but it looks like the
renders are set for a 4:3 monitor?
I suppose most of the users will know what atoms are where, but for laymen like
me you should include a legend indicating the atoms colour.
The highlight on the spheres is strange but not uncool.
I must say I was amazed at the number of molecules you have in there!

Oh, and some stuff isn't in English.

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"Grassblade" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> I went around to installing the plug-in. The default animation is pretty cool.
> If you rotate a big molecule the movement is jerky, you need more frames in the
> anumations. The pics displayed in 1:1 ratio on my monitor, but it looks like the
> renders are set for a 4:3 monitor?
> I suppose most of the users will know what atoms are where, but for laymen like
> me you should include a legend indicating the atoms colour.
> The highlight on the spheres is strange but not uncool.
> I must say I was amazed at the number of molecules you have in there!
>
> Oh, and some stuff isn't in English.

Hello,
there is a link to "Colors of the elements" in the main menu, where there are
all the atom colors. Also, the plugin have a menu (click right mouse button on
the molecule) where you can change many things interactively.
I first built the site in italian language, then i translate it, but i have not
finished yet (see the welcome on the home page). In high school i studied
French, and i learned some english (not very good) myself.
I plan to remake the site and put the molecules in the way i done for the sugars
(see Carbohydrates in the home page), where any molecule have it own page. For
the static POV-Ray ray-tracing molecules, there are 120 pictures in 12
galleries: i would like to hear comments about them. The site is built in
simple html, without any new sophisticate technology, so one must have care to
download one thing only, the chime plugin. Without the chime plugin, one can
see the POV-Ray ray-tracing pictures (and some minor stuff).
Thank you very much.
A big thanks to the POV-Ray team.
Francesco

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