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From: John Varela on 26 May 2010 20:32 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? -- John Varela
From: Davoud on 26 May 2010 21:42 John Varela: > 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. Davoud -- I agree with almost everything that you have said and almost everything that you will say in your entire life. usenet *at* davidillig dawt cawm
From: Mike Rosenberg on 27 May 2010 09:27 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. 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. -- Mac and geek T-shirts & gifts <http://designsbymike.net/shop/mac.cgi> Prius shirts/bumper stickers <http://designsbymike.net/shop/prius.cgi> Make money while saving money <http://www.bign.com/mrosenberg>
From: Davoud on 27 May 2010 09:49 Davoud: > Try <http://www.maps.google.com> for a better experience. Mike Rosenberg: > 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. > > 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'll bet you think your reply was more useful than mine. Firstly, you addressed it to me, not to the OP. 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. 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. Davoud -- I agree with almost everything that you have said and almost everything that you will say in your entire life. usenet *at* davidillig dawt cawm
From: Mike Rosenberg on 27 May 2010 15:45 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? -- Mac and geek T-shirts & gifts <http://designsbymike.net/shop/mac.cgi> Prius shirts/bumper stickers <http://designsbymike.net/shop/prius.cgi> Make money while saving money <http://www.bign.com/mrosenberg>
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