Jmol is a (bio)molecular viewer applet and application.

Jmol is a free, open source molecule viewer for students, educators, and researchers in chemistry and biochemistry. Jmol is cross-platform, running on Linux/Unix, Mac OS X, and Windows systems.

· The JmolApplet is a web browser applet that can be integrated into web pages.
· The Jmol application is a standalone Java application that runs on the desktop.
· The JmolViewer is a development tool kit that can be integrated into other Java applications.

Here are some key features of "Jmol":

· Free, open-source software licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License
· Applet, Application, and Systems Integration Component
· Cross-platform
· Supports all major web browsers
· High-performance 3D rendering with no hardware requirements
· File formats
· Animations
· Vibrations
· basic unit-cell support
· schematic shapes for secondary structures
· measurements
· RasMol/Chime scripting language support
· JavaScript support library
· Exports to .jpg, .pdf, and PovRay

Jmol v10 is a complete rearchitecture and rewrite of Jmol, undertaken in the Spring of 2003, with the specific goal of developing Jmol into a replacement for the Chime Plug-in.

Jmol v10 retains most of the features and functionality of the previous Jmol releases while offering significant enhancments in the following areas:

· true 3D graphics engine that requires no special hardware
· 24 bit color with accurate lighting and shading
· substantially higher rendering performance
· handles large macromolecules with excellent performance
· protein/nucleic acid secondary structure graphics
· RasMol/Chime script compatibility

What's New in 11.4.6 Stable Release:

· bug fix: vibration thread not closing down for applet destroy when applet is off-screen
· bug fix: was reading server path for local path from history in Webexport
· bug fix: Removed stray semicolons from header script comments in webexport templates. They were causing WYSIWYG web editors to corrupt the scripts.
· bug fix: Popin.png in WebExport replaced, was too large, causing dialog box to default to too big on small screens.
· bug fix: PDB site definition does not ignore empty site definitions
· bug fix: DEFINE can cause compiling error, e.g. "[2MO]" in 1tmo