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From: Tempuser on 27 May 2010 16:49
On 5/26/10 6:32 PM, John Varela wrote:
> Firefox 3.6.x, currently 3.6.3, crashes when I try to enter Bing
> maps. It doesn't matter whether I go directly to bing.com/maps or to
> bing.com and click on the maps link. This is happening in Snow
> Leopard 10.6.3.
>
> I have reported this to Mozilla several times, and really expected
> to see it fixed in 3.6.3.
>
> Are others seeing this or am I the only one?
>
You most probably have a localized issue as I have 3 different Macs all
running 10.6.3 and Bing Maps presents no problem. If you have
Silverlight, try using the beta version of Bing Maps at
http://www.bing.com/maps/explore/install.aspx and see if that crashes.
From: John Varela on 27 May 2010 20:10
On Thu, 27 May 2010 19:45:41 UTC, mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com
(Mike Rosenberg) wrote:

> Davoud <star(a)sky.net> wrote:
>
> > I'll bet you think your reply was more useful than mine. Firstly, you
> > addressed it to me, not to the OP.
>
> No, I posted my response to the same newsgroup and thread the OP posted
> to.
>
> > Secondly, your indirect reply to the
> > OP said "works for me" (which is famously the least useful reply on
> > USENET) and "round up the usual suspects," which is possibly the second
> > least useful reply on USENET when one doesn't say who those suspects
> > might be. Perhaps they are not at all usual to the OP.
>
> Since you didn't actually read his question, he specifically asked, "Are
> others seeing this or am I the only one?" He'd been sending crash report
> after crash report hoping that Mozilla would fix the problem. Now he
> knows it's not a general problem with that site and Firefox, something
> local to his Mac.
>
> As for "the usual suspects," first, I'm quite familiar with Mr. Varela
> from his previous posts and believe there's a good chance he knows what
> I meant. Of course, whether or not he knows, he (or anyone else who
> reads my post, for that matter), is certainly able to post again asking
> for more information. Or should I not have responded at all when I
> didn't have time to go into detail at that moment?
>
> > My response, at least, would lead him to an excellent map service, and
> > (though you already know this) I don't make a penny if he uses it. My
> > thinking is that, even if he prefers Bing toGoogle maps, the latter
> > would serve him temporarily while he sorts out his problem.
>
> You actually believe he's never heard of Google Maps or Mapquest? And
> you also believe that "since you are likely the world's only user of
> Bing maps" wasn't insulting him?

I wasn't insulted; I considered the source. Davoud obviously speaks
from ignorance.

--
John Varela

From: John Varela on 27 May 2010 20:22
On Thu, 27 May 2010 20:49:53 UTC, Tempuser
<tempuser(a)vacationmail.com> wrote:

> On 5/26/10 6:32 PM, John Varela wrote:
> > Firefox 3.6.x, currently 3.6.3, crashes when I try to enter Bing
> > maps. It doesn't matter whether I go directly to bing.com/maps or to
> > bing.com and click on the maps link. This is happening in Snow
> > Leopard 10.6.3.
> >
> > I have reported this to Mozilla several times, and really expected
> > to see it fixed in 3.6.3.
> >
> > Are others seeing this or am I the only one?
> >
> You most probably have a localized issue as I have 3 different Macs all
> running 10.6.3 and Bing Maps presents no problem. If you have
> Silverlight, try using the beta version of Bing Maps at
> http://www.bing.com/maps/explore/install.aspx and see if that crashes.

I have the Silverlight plugin, and that URL crashes Firefox.
Incidentally, nothing else on Bing crashes Firefox, only maps.

--
John Varela

From: John Varela on 27 May 2010 20:48
On Thu, 27 May 2010 13:27:58 UTC, mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com
(Mike Rosenberg) wrote:

> Davoud <star(a)sky.net> wrote:
>
> > > Firefox 3.6.x, currently 3.6.3, crashes when I try to enter Bing
> > > maps. It doesn't matter whether I go directly to bing.com/maps or to
> > > bing.com and click on the maps link. This is happening in Snow
> > > Leopard 10.6.3.
> > >
> > > I have reported this to Mozilla several times, and really expected
> > > to see it fixed in 3.6.3.
> > >
> > > Are others seeing this or am I the only one?
> >
> > Since you are likely the world's only user of Bing maps, you are
> > probably the only one seeing this. Try <http://www.maps.google.com> for
> > a better experience.
>
> Yeah, sure, rather than investigate and possibly fix a technical
> problem, he should switch to user the site you endorse instead.
>
> Bing Maps has always worked for me in Safari and Firefox and continues
> to with Safari 4.0.5 and Firefox 3.6.3. Note that I hadn't upgraded past
> FF 3.6 until just now while testing this, and it worked fine with 3.6 as
> well.

Works for me in Safari, too. Used to work in Firefox (I'm probably
wrong in attributing the problem to Snow Leopard; I don't really
know when it started).

When I open bing.com/maps in Opera, it suggests that "The web
browser on this computer and the Maps site may not work well
together," and suggests that I install Internet Explorer or Firefox.
If I ignore that and click through, Opera and Bing Maps work just
fine in the bird's eye view, which is what I go to Bing for.

> It appears your problem is a local issue - have you rounded up the usual
> suspects? In any case, once we've solved this, feel free to use
> whichever map site(s) you prefer.

I've cleared the cache. I've tried turning off Adblocker Plus and
NoScript.

The plugins are: Java, Google Earth, iPhotoPhotocast (what's that?),
CaddieSync (golf GPS), Java Plug-In 2 for NPAPI Browsers (what's
that?), Silverlight, Flash, QuickTime, and the Default plugin.

The extensions are: Adblock Plus, ClorfulTabs, DownloadHelper,
FireFTP, Mozilla Archive Format, and NoScript.

I'll try going thru the plugins and extensions turning them off one
at a time to see if one of them is the source of the problem.

--
John Varela

From: John Varela on 27 May 2010 21:20
On Fri, 28 May 2010 00:48:39 UTC, "John Varela"
<newlamps(a)verizon.net> wrote:

> I'll try going thru the plugins and extensions turning them off one
> at a time to see if one of them is the source of the problem.

Found it: NoScript was blocking Silverlight.

--
John Varela

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