Oh, here is the Microsoft Knowledgebase article regarding the IE6 cache-control/gzip bug: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/327286
On Dec 9, 8:23 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the attaboy Jarrod, but it was actually Jess Lacy who came > up with the http 1.1 workaround. > > On Dec 9, 11:08 am, Jarrod <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Was there any change in the headers/gzip google is using to send the > > javascript over? Forcing IE 6 to NOT use HTTP 1.1 seems to solve the > > issue, and there is the known IE 6 bug with gzip/iframes/cache-pragma > > headers. This appears to fit the symptoms of this bug to a T. Thanks > > to dmusick for pointing the HTTP 1.1 solutions (http:// > > groups.google.com/group/google-maps-api/msg/4287a7303db33eb5) Thought > > this may help... > > > Also, here is our header for the .js grab: > > > GET /maps? > > file=api&v=2&key=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY > > HTTP/1.1 > > Accept: */* > > Accept-Language: en-us > > Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate > > User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; > > SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727) > > Host: maps.google.com > > Connection: Keep-Alive > > > Content is getting gzip, my guess is this is the issue, but there > > isn't much we can do about it client side unfortunately. > > > On Dec 8, 7:24 pm, "Dann (Google Employee)" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I've reproduced this issue, which happens somewhat inconsistently. > > > We're looking into this, and I'll report back with any updates. > > > > On Dec 8, 12:12 pm, skindogg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Yeah I think i'll use this until the devs come back with something > > > > else. Honestly if someone hasIE6, I'd like to redirect them to > > > > windows update, but yeah I can't do that. > > > > > On Dec 8, 2:28 pm, Christian <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Try this :It doesn't solve the problem : It's just an inelegant > > > > > cheating trick. But it may help while waiting for google reaction. > > > > > > *************************************************** > > > > > try { > > > > > GBrowserIsCompatible();} > > > > > > catch (e) > > > > > { > > > > > window.location.reload (); > > > > > > } > > > > > > function initialize() > > > > > { > > > > > if (GBrowserIsCompatible()) ... > > > > > > *************************************************** > > > > > > On 8 déc, 20:06, Christian <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi > > > > > > Same Problem for me. And same solution : pressing the F5 refresh key > > > > > > displays the map without warning messages from the debugger ! > > > > > > I've tried many things : placing the code elsewhere in the page, > > > > > > trying with a timer of 5 sec, load theAPItwice,.... but with no > > > > > > success. > > > > > > I don't understand the solution of Jess (in the previous post). > > > > > > However, I've tried it also, but no change. > > > > > > I can't affirm that it is a brand new problem, since I'm not testing > > > > > > often my apps withIE6. But, the feedback from the people using my > > > > > > site is from two days only. > > > > > > > Does someone from the Google dev team read some time this group ? > > > > > > Because I think there are the only one that can answer us (if this > > > > > > problem is really new)- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API" 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-api?hl=en.
