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
>
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