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Google Maps now works in Safari!
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fortepianissimo
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Feb 26, 2005, 03:22 AM
 
I've never used it before, but it looks very clean...
     
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Feb 26, 2005, 03:34 AM
 
Originally posted by mitchell_pgh:
I've never used it before, but it looks very clean...
On my new PB 1.67ghz dragging map around looks smooth.
     
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Feb 26, 2005, 03:46 AM
 
Wow... that thing is frickin awesome!
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Feb 26, 2005, 07:44 AM
 
Originally posted by fortepianissimo:
http://maps.google.com

Enough said.
The search box isn't visible in my Safari.
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Feb 26, 2005, 12:48 PM
 
Works in Safari, but Camino is still semi-broken...

Dragging in Camino (0.8.2) will result in the map moving in the opposite direction.
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Feb 26, 2005, 01:16 PM
 
Absolutely incredible!
     
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Feb 26, 2005, 02:48 PM
 
Originally posted by fortepianissimo:
http://maps.google.com

Enough said.
Try the url with Firefox -- you get more choices on the right hand side of the page.

So I would say that Safari almost works.

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Feb 26, 2005, 05:06 PM
 
Originally posted by jjs357:
Try the url with Firefox -- you get more choices on the right hand side of the page.

So I would say that Safari almost works.

Jim
Well, those are just example searches though. Otherwise, the content on the side of the page works fine (say, when you get directions from one location to another) and the whole things appears to work extremely well in Safari.

Google Maps is fantastic! I can't believe they made something like this to work in a browser.
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Feb 26, 2005, 05:41 PM
 
I'm really happy to see Google Maps work in Safari now. It tromps all over Yahoo Maps and MapQuest in terms of visual quality. The fact that Google is interested in making it work and look proper in more browsers than IE6 is truly awesome.
     
fortepianissimo  (op)
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Feb 26, 2005, 08:06 PM
 
Originally posted by fortepianissimo:
http://maps.google.com

Enough said.
This tip should also interest a lot of folks here:

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.p...ry=google+maps
     
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Feb 26, 2005, 08:53 PM
 
Originally posted by fortepianissimo:
This tip should also interest a lot of folks here:

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.p...ry=google+maps
I can't get the script to work with Safari after editing the code...does it work with Safari?
     
fortepianissimo  (op)
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Feb 28, 2005, 11:50 AM
 
Originally posted by ManOfSteal:
I can't get the script to work with Safari after editing the code...does it work with Safari?
Hint: to open an URL in Safari, do this

tell application "Safari"
open location someURL
end tell

Just open the script using Script Editor and change the part to use the code above.
     
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Apr 3, 2005, 03:01 PM
 
Awesome, Camino 0.8.3 fixed the dragging functionality.

Originally posted by legacyb4:
Works in Safari, but Camino is still semi-broken...

Dragging in Camino (0.8.2) will result in the map moving in the opposite direction.
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Apr 4, 2005, 01:56 AM
 
The dragging is botched. I tried to drag America away and nothing appeared where The Rest Of The World� is supposed to be.

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