Chrome frame is great, but requires an extra download for the end-user. imho, its then no different from requiring the user to install flash
On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 8:49 AM, Marcelo <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mar 19, 1:43 pm, Brak <[email protected]> wrote: > > Could the old browser issue (IE6 at least) be circumvented altogether > > by that project I heard about which acts essentially as an ActiveX > > plugin which simulates a Google Chrome Browser that takes up the whole > > page, then renders the original page in itself? > > > Possibly. You can read about it in the links I posted in the V2 group: > > http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-api/browse_thread/thread/147276c08adc711 > > > -- > Marcelo - http://maps.forum.nu > -- > > > > > And thanks for letting us know. > > > > On Mar 19, 3:11 am, "Thor (Google Employee)" <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Exactly. :-) > > > > > And to tell you that if we can not make a new feature work on these > > > browsers, that will not stop us from launching it. > > > > > On Mar 19, 2:09 pm, Josh Rosenthal <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > So... the announcement is more a matter of giving us notice that if > ya'll > > > > encounter a feature where the only way to implement it is break the > old > > > > browsers, that won't stop you from implementing said feature, rather > than > > > > telling us that you're not going to be paying any attention to > whether or > > > > not you might break functionality on the old browsers. Sounds > reasonable. > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > Josh > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 10:34 PM, Thor (Google Employee) < > > > > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Mar 19, 12:41 pm, Josh Rosenthal <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Is the intent that already > > > > > > existing functionality should remain functional? ie: Given a map > I've > > > > > > already built in v3 of the API, which I don't plan to add > features to, > > > > > and > > > > > > don't do anything to take advantage of new functionalities. Will > my map > > > > > > continue to function under IE6, or will code be pushed that > breaks > > > > > existing > > > > > > functionality in older browsers? > > > > > > > Where possible we will maintain backwards compatibility for these > > > > > browsers. Only if a new feature is launched that requires changes > > > > > which can not be implemented in a way that avoids regressions on > > > > > unsupported browsers without significant negative impact on > supported > > > > > browsers would be consider breaking backwards compatibility with > > > > > unsupported browsers. > > > > > > > If this becomes necessary we will provide reasonable notice. There > is > > > > > currently nothing on the roadmap that could require this, and I > > > > > suspect that by the time something like that comes along the usage > of > > > > > these browsers will have declined so much as to make it > > > > > inconsequential. > > > > > > > Many thanks, > > > > > > > Thor. > > > > > > > -- > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > > > > "Google Maps JavaScript API v3" group. > > > > > To post to this group, send email to > > > > > [email protected]. > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > > [email protected]<google-maps-js-api-v3%[email protected]><google-maps-js-api-v3%2B > [email protected]> > > > > > . > > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-js-api-v3?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google Maps JavaScript API v3" group. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<google-maps-js-api-v3%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-js-api-v3?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps JavaScript API v3" 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-js-api-v3?hl=en.
