Hi Ben - Thanks for the info. WebGL/graphics card indeed appears to be the problem and the mode:html4 seems to have done the trick.
Thanks again, Cheers - Abel On Feb 12, 2:50 am, Ben Appleton <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/st... > > 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 > > > -- > > 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. -- 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.
