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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 [https://www.waterfox.net/ Waterfox] browser. In | * 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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*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. --> | *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. | '''[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. | ||
<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> | *'''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> | ||
*<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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