Works OK here. FF3.0.x XP SP4 + all updates.
You need scripting enabled, and Google Earth loaded on the machine. You can block GoogleAnalytics if you need. Otherwise, it works fine. Dave B. F/G0WBX > -----Original Message----- > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] FW: HeyWhatsThat: January 15 Solar Eclipse > > John, > > Thanks for the reply. I expected to hear from someone besides > me who was > also experiencing problems trying to run the link. I wonder if anyone > can confirm that they are able to use the page successfully > from an XP > machine (or other MS OS), using the Firefox browser. Perhaps > someone can > confirm that this combination is capable or working or not. > > I wouldn't expect this machine to be challenged. It is an Intel Quad > Core processor at 2.8 GHz and has 4 GB of RAM. That is not > state-of-the-art, but is pretty high performance. I haven't seen any > other software problems in the ~6 months I've been using this PC. > > Today I was wondering if I could find a way to update the GE > plug-in in > Firefox. I couldn't, but I checked for a Firefox update and there was > one. After updating Firefox, it automatically started loading > a new GE > plug-in, so I should now have the latest versions of Firefox and the > Google Earth plug-in. When I tried the page again, I got > basically the > same hang result. > > The browser window fills with what looks like a very noisy picture of > several copies of one window. So much video noise that I > can't tell what > the windows are, but they look like empty windows with some kind of > control or status along the bottom. On the right half of the firefox > window is one big area of just blank video noise. While this is going > on, any cursor movement doesn't happen for 5 - 10 sec after I > move the > mouse. I can eventually kill firefox if I gradually move the > cursor to > the upper-right X and click it. If I let this continue for several > minutes I eventually get a box that says a script is not > responding -- > asks to stop it or continue. If I stop it, I eventually > regain control. > > I started to try it in IE earlier but didn't let GE load so no > information gained. Just now I did it again with IE and let it load > Google Earth. The page does run under IE, so seems the the > application > script has some compatibility with Firefox and the GE plug-in. Surely > anyone else will see the same problems if they are using Firefox. I > abhor IE, so I guess I won't be running this tool. > > Do you have any connection to the page owner? Can you pass > this report on? > > -Rex > > John Allen wrote: > > Hi Rex, sorry to hear that. Apparently the page uses a new > Google Earth > > plugin (For Firefox). Google Earth is known for it's > demands on hardware, > > particularly Graphics memory and possibly Main Memory. > > > > Please let us know if you find out what is going on. > > > > John Allen K1AE > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On > > Behalf Of Rex > > Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 2:47 AM > > To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement > > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] FW: HeyWhatsThat: January 15 Solar Eclipse > > > > The link doesn't play nice on my machine. The page opens in Firefox > > browser and shows some simple graphic of the earth with > some clickable > > spots (I think). Then I see a message from my firewall that > Google Earth > > is going out to the internet and all goes weird. The page gets new > > grainy overlays and the machine essentially freezes. Something is > > downloading but no joy after several minutes. Just > regaining control is > > a mess because my mouse movements take about 5 seconds to > show on the > > monitor. Two tries with a reboot between and I gave up. > > > > Is it just a problem on my machine, or more common? > > > > > > John Allen wrote: > > > >> This is worth checking out for the path of Jan 15 eclipse. > >> > >> John K1AE > >> _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
