Re: A Folk Club Map of the UK

Nicholas Waller11/11/05 6:05 PM

>>> Someone else worried that Google Maps did not work on Macs (or
>>> non-Windows machines). I have a Mac and it works; maybe what they're
>>> thinking of is Google Earth (http://earth.google.com/) which is not
>>> (yet) for Macs.
>>
>> Which operating system / browser are you using, please can you tell us?
>
> A bit more detail now - looking deeper, not everything works after all:
> Operating system is Panther (OSX 10.3.9)
>
> The browser that works fine is Firefox 1.0.4.
>
> However, Explorer doesn't work - the message on your first page says
> the browser needs updating, but I believe I am right in saying that
> 5.2, which I have, is the latest version for the Mac.
>
> Safari 1.3, Apple's own browser, appears to work in that the first page
> says the browser is OK, but then the next page after pressing CONTINUE
> doesn't show the map, just a sort of frozen blue square in the Google
> map box.

Which is basically what I said. Except that my O/S is even older. I.E. 5.2
won't work with OS 9.2.2 only 5.1.7 It won't even work with the first
versions of O/S X dual Classic from 2003.

Even if I had switched O/S 3 years ago it still would not have worked with
the system without multiple upgrades. With me it's not the O/S but all the
other stuff to go with it - Quark Xpress, Photoshop, MS Office Pro etc which
is the bind.

I think it's a great idea - just it's a little difficult to be totally
enthusiastic about something one can't actually access - and I suspect many
others besides. (To patronising poster citing *whinging*)

Anyone with an older Apple Mac running Mac Classic O/S up to 9.2.2 and not
O/S Xxx will not be able to download a compatible browser to access your
lovely site and use it. The latest browsers are all designed for Macs which
are 2 years old or less.

Though it all pisses me off immensely, I've also got a new PC running WinXP
- (hate the damned thing) so maybe I'll have to get it connected with a new
broadband modem now.

CR

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