On Mar 26, 12:30 pm, Daniel Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey everyone, > > If you haven't read the blog post regarding supported browsers in V3, > take a moment and check it > out:http://googlegeodevelopers.blogspot.com/2010/03/supported-browser-upd... > > The main points to note are the following: > - List of supported browsers for V2 and V3 were split and will soon be > reflected in the FAQ:http://code.google.com/apis/maps/faq.html#browsersupport > - List of supported browsers for V3 will be updated on a regular basis > - Removed support from the following browsers for V3: FF2, IE6, > Safari3 > - Added support to the following browsers for V3: Chrome (Mac/Linux), > Android > > The driving force behind our decision to decrease support for older > web browsers is because of our growing list of features which exploits > the potential of HTML5. > > As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please reply back to > this thread.
The referenced post says: + The browsers that we no longer support for the Maps API v3 will continue to be supported for the Google Maps + JavaScript API v2. We have no plans to change the list of supported browsers for the Maps API v2, and + consequently if support for these browsers is important to you we recommend that you continue to develop your + applications using the Maps API v2. But API v2 is now been deprecated. This seems to make the decision for developers difficult. New feature development will be in v3, but not all browsers will be supported. Some people are stuck with ancient browsers in the corporate environment, therefore to support the widest audience, you need to use v2... -- Larry > > Thanks! > > Dann -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps JavaScript API v3" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-js-api-v3?hl=en.
