Map never works with Internet Explorer 6

Hi Jason,

Great site! I have just been starting to experiment, but I am running into one consistent problem: the interactive map does not display properly when using IE6.

I have tried viewing it from several internet cafes using IE6, IE7, and Firefox (2.0) and it always works flawlessly with IE7 and Firefox. With IE6, however, one of two things happens: either the map is completely blank except for showing the "control" buttons (+/-, map/satellite/hybrid) and the Blogabond logo, or the map simply fails to display at all. This behavior is consistent from one internet cafe to another on IE6 only.

Is IE7 a requirement for the Blogabond site to work? If so this would be a big limitation since lots of people still use IE6. Maybe I am doing something wrong... if so I would love to know!

Thanks,
Dale

written by

cantfindme on November 17, 2007

Thanks for the heads up! I sometimes go too long without testing the site on IE6, so it looks like some minor change to the site has broken it. You're right that IE6 support is essential, since most of the good blog entries here get written from dodgy internet cafes out in the sticks. Gotta make sure it works on Windows 98, Internet Explorer 6, and an AOL Free Trial Dialup account shared 8 ways!

I'll let you know when it's fixed.

Jason

ps. The AOL thing is no joke. I was in internet cafe in Laos when the connection went down and they couldn't get it going again. Finally, the guy reached into a basket under the desk and took a new AOL free trial CD off the top of a tall stack, booted it up, typed in some fake signup info, dialed in, and told us the internet was back online!

written by

Jason Kester on November 17, 2007

Ok, all fixed.

That was a fun one. Thanks for that! Turns out it wasn't actually breaking. It just thought it was zero height, so there wasn't anything to see. Had to convince it to actually use all the space you gave it.

Anyway, thanks again for finding this and taking the time to track it down. Hope your travels in South America are going well!

Jason

written by

Jason Kester on November 17, 2007

Wow, that was fast! Thanks. As luck would have it I am in on of those rare internet cafes that has computers running IE7 so I'll have to test IE6 later.

I can relate to the comment about the AOL connection. I once visited a very remote internet cafe where everyone shared a single connection over a small satellite dish (you don't even want to know what it cost per hour...). It was slow to begin with, but whenever it started snowing the guy had to go outside and clean snow off the dish with a broom to get the connection back.

I look forward to using Blogabond!

Dale

written by

cantfindme on November 17, 2007

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Map never works with Internet Explorer 6

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