Hi Abel,
Would you mind loading this WebGL test page?
http://learningwebgl.com/lessons/lesson01/index.html
This page does not use the Maps API, so it will help to distinguish WebGL
issues from Maps API issues. I have seen this hang on several Windows
machines.
Street View uses WebGL where available. In the last couple of days Chrome 9
released WebGL support. Unfortunately it appears WebGL causes some graphics
cards to hang.
Right now we're discussing with Chrome team how to proceed. I imagine in the
next few days either Chrome will disable WebGL for the affected graphics
cards, or we will disable WebGL in Street View until it stabilizes. In the
meantime you can apply one of the following workarounds:
1. If you are explicitly constructing the StreetViewPanorama, you can
include mode:"html4" in the constructor options to disable WebGL. For
example
var panorama = new google.maps.StreetViewPanorama({mode:"html4"});
2. Or, ask affected users to include the command-line switch
--disable-webgl.
3. Or, ask affected users to switch browser.
Thanks,
Ben
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 5:28 PM, Abel <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Chris -
>
> We're having a strange problem with the v3.4 release. When I try to
> open any page that uses the Streetview portion of the API it seems to
> hang Chrome on some Windows PCs (but is OK with other browsers). For
> example the sample map at:
>
> http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/examples/streetview-simple.html
> causes problems (it just doesn't load at all, we just see a blank
> page).
>
> The reason I think it might be due to v3.4 is that when I grab the
> page and explicitly set it back to v3.1 it works fine (v3.2 and 3.3
> also have issues).
>
> What's baffling is that on some PCs it's OK but others with seemly the
> same setup have issues. I've tested using Win7, XP and Vista with the
> latest version of Chrome and there doesn't seem to be any consistency
> -- some machines/browsers are OK, some not. The only common thing is
> that when we go back to v3.1 it's OK.
>
> Also, we've only seen this with Chrome on a PC, other browsers are OK
> and we haven't seen any issues Chrome on a Mac.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Thanks,
>
> - Abel
>
> On Feb 7, 11:40 pm, "Chris Broadfoot (Google Employee)"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > We're pleased to announce version 3.4 of the Maps API for JavaScript.
> >
> > Firstly, a reminder that if you do not specify a minor version when
> loading
> > the Maps API, you will automatically receive 3.4. Production applications
> > should always specify a minor version (v=3.2, v=3.3). Read more about
> > versioning here:
> http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/basics.html...
> >
> > Also, 3.1 will be unavailable from next week. If you currently load
> v=3.1,
> > you will receive 3.2.
> >
> > 3.4 includes all changes for 3.3. You can see the full change log here:
> http://code.google.com/p/gmaps-api-issues/wiki/JavascriptMapsAPIv3Cha...
> >
> > In this release:
> > * New hierarchical map type controls - they're touch-friendly!
> > * New logo (Issue 2574)
> > * MarkerShape.coord renamed to MarkerShape.coords to match HTML <area>
> > coords attribute
> >
> > Some of you may have custom controls that are designed with a look and
> feel
> > that match the 3.3 default Maps API map type controls. The 3.4 controls
> are
> > a bit more complex to imitate so here is a demo page with some sample CSS
> > showing how to do this:
> >
> > http://gmaps-samples-v3.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/controls/index.html
> > Source:
> http://code.google.com/p/gmaps-samples-v3/source/browse/trunk/control...
> >
> > Enjoy!
> > Chris
> >
> > --http://twitter.com/broady
>
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