All presentations which satisfactorily meet the requirements below will be published on the World Wide Web on the class website.
Nucleotides are A T G C. |
A is blue, T is yellow, G is green, and C is red. |
You may elect to use a different template, but it would be best to discuss your reasons with the instructor first. Don't attempt to design your own presentation structure from scratch (html, javascript) unless you can afford to spend a lot of time on it!
One problem with long programmed moves is that Chime has no indicator that it is busy. People tend to click on other buttons if the move is delayed due to web transfer, or includes intentional delays. The other buttons are ignored because Chime is busy and then people get frustrated and leave. Another problem is that people pay more attention if they need to rotate and zoom the molecule with the mouse, interactively. If the web presentation plays like a movie, it looks pretty but people fall asleep.
The move command is documented in the "Chime 0.99 draft manual" which you will find on the umass chime website near the bottom. Click on "jump to table of contents", then "commands". Here you will find documentation on several features not yet documented on MDL's site (as of October, 1998).