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<span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Quick Start</b></span> | <span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Quick Start</b></span> | ||
* Windows: Use Internet Explorer. Detailed instructions are [[#Internet Explorer in Windows|below]]. | * Windows: Use Internet Explorer. Detailed instructions are [[#Internet Explorer in Windows|below]]. | ||
* macOS: Use the [ | * macOS: Use the [https://www.waterfox.net/ Waterfox Classic] browser (not Waterfox Current). In July, 2020, this is the only macOS (11.12 Sierra or later) browser that runs both Proteopedia and [[FirstGlance in Jmol]] with Java. Permission dialogs for using Java are straightforward. | ||
To instruct Proteopedia to use Java, add <b>?use=java</b> to the end of the URL in the browser's address line. [[Using_Java_for_Rendering_Structures|Details]]. | To instruct Proteopedia to use Java, add <b>?use=java</b> to the end of the URL in the browser's address line. [[Using_Java_for_Rendering_Structures|Details]]. | ||
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We believe this page is up to date for ''' | We believe this page is up to date for '''July, 2020''' (Java 1.8.0_251, [https://www.java.com/en/download/faq/release_dates.xml Java Release Dates]). If you suspect any issues, please email [[Image:Contact-email.png]]. | ||
==Java Applets do not work in Chrome, Firefox, Edge, or Opera== | ==Java Applets do not work in Chrome, Firefox, Edge, or Opera== | ||
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'''[http://palemoon.org Pale Moon]''' (''Windows only'') is an independent browser, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_Moon_(web_browser) very similar to Firefox], whose developer [http://forum.palemoon.org/viewtopic.php?t=9805 has announced] <u>indefinite support for NPAPI plugins (including Java)</u>, and hence is an alternative to continue running Jmol applets inside web pages, at least while Oracle continues to provide the Java Plug-in. | '''[http://palemoon.org Pale Moon]''' (''Windows only'') is an independent browser, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_Moon_(web_browser) very similar to Firefox], whose developer [http://forum.palemoon.org/viewtopic.php?t=9805 has announced] <u>indefinite support for NPAPI plugins (including Java)</u>, and hence is an alternative to continue running Jmol applets inside web pages, at least while Oracle continues to provide the Java Plug-in. | ||
'''[https://www.waterfoxproject.org/ Waterfox]''' (available for Windows and OS X) is very similar to Firefox and supports Java (as of | '''[https://www.waterfoxproject.org/ Waterfox Classic]''' (available for Windows and OS X) is very similar to Firefox and supports Java (as of July, 2020, our most recent test). Waterfox is the best solution for macOS. | ||
*Waterfox is ''available only for 64-bit operating systems''. It is harmless to download it and try it -- if you have a 32 bit operating system, it won't run. All recent macOS operating systems are 64 bit. Many Windows installations are 32 bit. | *Waterfox Classic is ''available only for 64-bit operating systems''. It is harmless to download it and try it -- if you have a 32 bit operating system, it won't run. All recent macOS operating systems are 64 bit. Many Windows installations are 32 bit. | ||
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*Waterfox Classic support for NPAPI plugins will presumably end eventually, when the NPAPI code is removed also from the Firefox Extended Support Release (Firefox ESR). The Waterfox maintainers plan to develop a completely new browser with NPAPI plugin support. But even if they can realize it, it will presumably take quite some time until it will be usable. --> | |||
'''[http://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/ SeaMonkey]''' (available for Windows and OS X) is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SeaMonkey Mozilla-based browser] that supports Java, at least up to version 2.49.4 current in January, 2019 through July, 2020. | |||
*'''SeaMonkey support for Java has been removed in version 2.53.1'''.<ref>SeaMonkey: NPAPI plugin support. https://www.seamonkey-project.org/doc/npapi (visited 11 June 2021)</ref> | |||
'''[http://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/ SeaMonkey]''' (available for Windows and OS X) is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SeaMonkey Mozilla-based browser] that supports Java, at least up to version 2.49.4 current in January, 2019. | *<font color="red">Seamonkey version 2.49.4 does not run FirstGlance in Jmol. Since all other browsers do, this is probably due to a bug in the javascript of Seamonkey.</font> | ||
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