ChemDoodle Web Components version 3.1 has been released. This open source HTML5 graphics and cheminformatics library continues to grow in popularity.
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Major additions in this release are the rendering of implicit hydrogens in 2D components and an advanced framework for handling touch events and gestures from mobile devices. iPhone OS and Android are now [...]

iPhone OS 4 was released this afternoon and fixes a number of issues for the HTML5 ChemDoodle Web Components on iPhone OS platforms. Canvas text is now correctly drawn and animations now run more smoothly. ChemDoodle Web Components now render graphics properly on all iPhone OS (iPhone and iPad) and Android devices. ChemDoodle Web Components [...]

We finally had a bit of a break this weekend to fiddle around with the mobile Android OS (version 2.1). The 2D ChemDoodle Web Components display very well in the Browser app (images below). Animations worked as well. The only issue was the limited selection of fonts. And of course, mouse and keyboard gestures are [...]

The latest nightly build of WebKit provides anti-aliasing for WebGL rendered scenes. Anti-aliasing makes edges look smooth and allows objects to blend together and move without looking jagged. Molecules in the 3D ChemDoodle Web Components now look fantastic and animations are smoother than ever. The following image shows the difference between the rendering of a [...]

ChemDoodle 3 is a very powerful chemical graphics and publishing environment. We have also invested a lot of effort over the last year in providing a credible and thorough database of elemental data as well as an advanced engine for performing cheminformatics algorithms to power ChemDoodle. While the function of ChemDoodle is still to create [...]

ChemDoodle 3 has the ability to generate ChemDoodle Web Components for you, so you do not need to master Javascript to build dynamic and interactive chemical structures and components for your web pages. Before I continue, I would like to reiterate that ChemDoodle 3 is a free upgrade to all customers that purchased ChemDoodle 1 [...]

We are happy to announce the release of the 3D ChemDoodle Web Components based on WebGL technology. Kevin has published a nice introduction to the new product on MacResearch. Feel free to try them out!
We have seen some nice press since the 3D ChemDoodle Web Components were released this morning. Here are a few links:

Giles [...]

Peter Ertl, of JME fame, wrote a brief overview of the trend towards web-based chemical applications in the open Journal of Cheminformatics. He describes ChemDoodle Web Components in the section titled Future of Molecule Editing on the Web:

“Another interesting cheminformatics JavaScript application is a collection of components called ChemDoodle (37); this includes 2D and 3D [...]

Thanks to the talented developers at Google, the ChemDoodle Web Components now work wonderfully in Microsoft Internet Explorer. Google now hosts Google Chrome Frame, a free (and easy to install) IE add-on that provides full support for the HTML 5 specification. With this add-on, the ChemDoodle Web Components now work in all major browsers on [...]

Kevin published a nice article on the javascript/Canvas technology over on MacResearch, complete with a step-by-step walkthrough on how to quickly put together a rich web application with the ChemDoodle Web Components. The article provides a thorough analysis of the Canvas technology, its future and how you can benefit from the free ChemDoodle Web Components. [...]