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Although Protein Explorer (Chime version) was somewhat fussy to get working, it had some powerful capabilities, unmatched in ease of use, that made it worth the effort for some projects. | Although Protein Explorer (Chime version) was somewhat fussy to get working, it had some powerful capabilities, unmatched in ease of use, that made it worth the effort for some projects. | ||
* Flash movies introduced how to use Protein Explorer, and a ''One-Hour Tour'' | * Flash movies introduced how to use Protein Explorer, and a ''One-Hour Tour'' was available to get you started. | ||
* It had extensive help for beginners, as well as introductory information on protein structure topics useful to researchers. No other molecular visualization program had so much built-in information about the principles of macromolecular structure. This included an extensive [http://help.proteinexplorer.org Help/Index/Glossary]. | * It had extensive help for beginners, as well as introductory information on protein structure topics useful to researchers. No other molecular visualization program had so much built-in information about the principles of macromolecular structure. This included an extensive [http://help.proteinexplorer.org Help/Index/Glossary]. | ||
* It did nearly everything you | * It did nearly everything you could do in [[FirstGlance in Jmol]] around 2016, but with greater flexibility, including identifying non-covalent interactions to any moiety (''Contacts''), and displaying salt bridges and cation-pi interactions. With the greater flexibility comes greater complexity, so [[FirstGlance in Jmol]] is even simpler to use. (More recently, FirstGlance has been enhanced with capabilities that Protein Explorer never had.) | ||
* Protein Explorer enabled you to customize the display and coloring in a molecular view, just as do Proteopedia's ''Scene Authoring Tools''. In contrast, [[FirstGlance in Jmol]] limits you largely to "canned" views. | * Protein Explorer enabled you to customize the display and coloring in a molecular view, just as do Proteopedia's ''Scene Authoring Tools''. In contrast, [[FirstGlance in Jmol]] limits you largely to "canned" views. | ||
