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March 31, 2007

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Google Maps won’t help you go on a Panther Safari

Posted Mar. 31, ’07, 9:04 AM PT by Dan Moren
Category | Troubleshooting

Google Maps BlankMy friend Tony dropped me a line last night to ask if I had any idea why Safari on his PowerBook would suddenly refuse to display Google Maps. “Huh,” said I. “Just Safari?” Yep, he confirmed. Firefox still worked fine. I had him check JavaScript, which was enabled, and then run repair permissions, which found no problems.

So I turned to Google and—whoa. Google, we have a problem. Tony’s not alone it seems: a number of users have had trouble with Google Maps and Safari in the last week or two. The key? All of them are running Panther. Since my desktop is still running Panther, I decided to check it out: sure enough, Safari just displays a big gray block when I call up Google Maps (good lord, I must be encased in a block of cement!). Camino, meanwhile, seems to work with no problem.

There’s also an ongoing discussion thread on Apple’s board about the issue. From all indications, Google has been notified and is scrambling to fix the problem. In one odd twist, some external sites that rely on Google Maps do still work in Safari (Gmaps Pedometer, for example).

Any readers running into this too? Find any other workarounds?


4 Comments

jayH said:

all of my computers are now running tiger... i wonder how many people are still using older OSes (and which)... i don't plan on getting a new Desktop computer anytime soon (unless apple comes out with something better looking than the iMac G4). once leopard comes out my desktop OS will be outdated. i will buy a new laptop, but how soon will this stuff start hapening with people using tiger?

March 31, 2007 9:54 AM
Jeff Author Profile Page said:

A similar problem:

Back when I was still running Panther, I couldn't get any flash to play in Safari. I traced it back to QuickTime 7. I reinstalled the machine and it worked fine until I upgraded to QuickTime 7.

March 31, 2007 1:53 PM
Deacon Nikolai said:

Seems to work on http://EuphrosynosCafe.com/map

March 31, 2007 8:37 PM
Dave said:

Yes count me as one who is also having this problem. Google Maps and Safari in Panther worked fine in the past. Now all I get is a empty box.

April 1, 2007 6:49 AM

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