Re: [jQuery] Reading data from a bookmark?

Andy Matthews Wed, 08 Nov 2006 13:18:11 -0800

If I delete the bookmark, then how can I USE the bookmark to get to the page I saved?

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Linan Wang
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Subject: Re: [jQuery] Reading data from a bookmark?

if after step 5, you delete the bookmark and google map still guides you to your office, i will say it's a cookie, and quite possibly, google guy failed to work out of cookie setting in firefox :)

On 11/8/06, Klaus Hartl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Andy Matthews schrieb:
> Okay...
>
> A co-worker and I are trying to puzzle out a very cool/odd issue with Google
> Maps and I'd like some input. We all know that the guys at Google are level
> 73 wizards, but I can't even begin to imagine how they accomplish this one.
>
> Try this walk-through if you have a moment and care to try to solve it. By
> the way, it only appears to work in IE.
>
> 1) Visit http://maps.google.com/
> 2) Add this page to your bookmarks, then view it's properties. It should be
> titled "Google Maps", and it's URL should be http://maps.google.com/.
> 3) Delete this favorite.
> 4) Next, do a search for something (your own address for example), then
> immediately add it as a favorite. I search for my office address (7003
> Chadwick Dr, 37027). Then add it as a bookmark.
> 5) The new bookmark's title is "7003 Chadwick Dr, 37027 - Google Maps" and
> it's URL is the same as before "http://maps.google.com/".
>
> Yet, when I visit another website, cnn.com for example, then click the
> bookmark, it takes me straight to the map location for my office.
>
> I can even close my browser window completely and it does the same thing.
>
> Interestingly enough, when I click the bookmark, it loads the very front
> page of Google Maps briefly before changing over to my bookmarked search
> result.
>
> One thing to note, my co-worker and I thought that Google might somehow be
> reading the title of the bookmark, but it doesn't seem to pass that
> information in any way. I decided to be sneaky and change the title of the
> bookmark to my home address to test and it didn't work. It still loaded my
> office address.
>
> So my question is, does anyone have a clue how Google accomplishes this?
> Because it would be perfect for this site I'm building using AJAX.

Sounds like a cookie to me... but that would be boring:-)

-- Klaus

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