Andy Matthews schrieb: > Okay... > > A co-worker and I are trying to puzzle out a very cool/odd issue with Google > Maps and I'd like some input. We all know that the guys at Google are level > 73 wizards, but I can't even begin to imagine how they accomplish this one. > > Try this walk-through if you have a moment and care to try to solve it. By > the way, it only appears to work in IE. > > 1) Visit http://maps.google.com/ > 2) Add this page to your bookmarks, then view it's properties. It should be > titled "Google Maps", and it's URL should be http://maps.google.com/. > 3) Delete this favorite. > 4) Next, do a search for something (your own address for example), then > immediately add it as a favorite. I search for my office address (7003 > Chadwick Dr, 37027). Then add it as a bookmark. > 5) The new bookmark's title is "7003 Chadwick Dr, 37027 - Google Maps" and > it's URL is the same as before "http://maps.google.com/";. > > Yet, when I visit another website, cnn.com for example, then click the > bookmark, it takes me straight to the map location for my office. > > I can even close my browser window completely and it does the same thing. > > Interestingly enough, when I click the bookmark, it loads the very front > page of Google Maps briefly before changing over to my bookmarked search > result. > > One thing to note, my co-worker and I thought that Google might somehow be > reading the title of the bookmark, but it doesn't seem to pass that > information in any way. I decided to be sneaky and change the title of the > bookmark to my home address to test and it didn't work. It still loaded my > office address. > > So my question is, does anyone have a clue how Google accomplishes this? > Because it would be perfect for this site I'm building using AJAX.
Sounds like a cookie to me... but that would be boring:-) -- Klaus _______________________________________________ jQuery mailing list [email protected] http://jquery.com/discuss/
