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[cellml-dev] SVG, JavaScript and OpenCell


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  • From: r.britten at auckland.ac.nz (Randall Britten)
  • Subject: [cellml-dev] SVG, JavaScript and OpenCell
  • Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 11:41:14 +1300
The other angle was calling Java from JavaScript, but from some preliminary
experimentation in a few browsers (IE, Firefox, Chrome, Safari), it seems
this only works on Firefox out-of-the-box.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cellml-tools-developers-bounces at cellml.org [mailto:cellml-tools-
> developers-bounces at cellml.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Miller
> Sent: Thursday, 1 April 2010 11:05 a.m.
> To: A list for the developers of CellML tools
> Subject: Re: [cellml-dev] SVG, JavaScript and OpenCell
>
> Randall Britten wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> >
> >
> > OpenCell is currently based on XulRunner (i.e. very similar to Firefox),
> > and hence cruises regarding handling SVG with JavaScript. Based on
> > early reports from Alan and Andrew, it seems that other platforms (e.g.
> > Qt/C++ or Scala/JVM) will probably struggle.
> >
> >
> >
> > However, one option to consider is to reverse the situation, and rather
> > than embed the browser in OpenCell, embed OpenCell in the browser. That
> > way, the SVG is rendered by the browser, and the JavaScript is making
> > calls to and API exposed by the OpenCell plug-in (or applet?).
>
> Hi Randall,
>
> We tried that before back in 2004 - in fact, OpenCell's predecessor was
> called mozCellML, which was a Mozilla extension, which embedded mozCmgui
> to draw the graphs.
>
> Users complained about having to install a specific browser to use
> mozCellML, and a number of other issues related to having it in the
> browser (such as browser updates breaking mozCellML), so we decided that
> it was a much cleaner approach to change mozCellML to be a stand-alone
> application.
>
> In short, it wouldn't give us any benefit, and it would add unnecessary
> complexity for the user.
>
> Best wishes,
> Andrew
>
> >
> >
> >
> > Thoughts?
> >
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Randall
> >
> >
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