I suspect the issue is related to the response for the script API being compressed. My understanding is that IE 6 still exhibits a bug when unzipping responses -- especially when both Pragma and Cache- Control parameters in the header specify "no-cache".
>From Fiddler: HTTP/1.1 200 OK Date: Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:26:43 GMT Pragma: no-cache Expires: Fri, 01 Jan 1990 00:00:00 GMT Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate Content-Type: text/javascript; charset=UTF-8 On Dec 8, 8:34 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > Your site fails for me as well using IE6, but if you just reload the > page it appears ok. I've documented the same issue with our > application later in this thread. > > On Dec 7, 10:17 pm, skindogg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I've got the same problem > > onhttp://www.biglots.com/store_locator.aspx?zip=43026 > > > It has recently stopped working in IE6, getting 'object expected' JS > > on GBrowserIsCompatible() call. Using version 2 of API. > > > Works fine in IE7,8,FF,Chrome... > > > On Dec 7, 8:03 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > On Dec 7, 4:12 pm, bikenforfun <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > You tested with IE6? Our client and us (we are on completely separate > > > > networks) are both experiencing the same error "GMap2" is undefined. > > > > Yes. IE 6.0.2900.2180... > > > > (sounds like you either have a bad/partial version of the API stuck in > > > your cache or that both of your networks configured to block the > > > server that is serving the API javascript, which I think is now > > > gstatic.com) > > > > -- Larry > > > > > On Dec 7, 6:34 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > On Dec 7, 3:08 pm, bikenforfun <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > We are using version 2 of the API. We have not made any changes in > > > > > > weeks which is what is really frustrating us. Go towww.511pa.com. > > > > > > Select Traffic Conditions and then Traffic Map and you we see the > > > > > > error. > > > > > > I don't see any error. It works fine (assuming no javascript errors > > > > > and icons appear when I check boxes is what you expect to happen, it > > > > > does what I expect). > > > > > > Did someone reconfigure your firewall or proxy? > > > > > > -- Larry > > > > > > > On Dec 7, 5:50 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > On Dec 7, 2:34 pm, bikenforfun <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > We have a website up and running using the Google Map API. > > > > > > > > Starting > > > > > > > > this afternoon it stopped working on IE 6 but is fine on IE7, 8 > > > > > > > > and > > > > > > > > firefox. Anyone else encountering the same? > > > > > > > > Not on my maps:http://www.geocodezip.com > > > > > > > > - What version of the API are you using? > > > > > > > > - What did you change? > > > > > > > > - Where are _your_ maps that aren't working? > > > > > > > > -- Larry- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-api?hl=en.
