Bug 114793

Summary:	Can't use Google Maps
Product:	[Applications] konqueror	Reporter:	Antonio E. <aironmail>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Konqueror Developers <konq-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Gentoo Packages
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Antonio E. 2005-10-21 01:14:19 UTC

Version:           kde-3.5_beta2 (using KDE KDE 3.4.92)
Installed from:    Gentoo Packages
Compiler:          gcc-3.3.6 
OS:                Linux

I open konqueror and I type http://maps.google.com. The page doesn't load. The bottom bar is all the time saying two messages:
- Receiving information of 6.0 kb from maps.google.com
- maps.google.com contacted. Waiting for response.

And it takes forever. It never finishes. The page is completelly blank. A strange thing is that the google icon in the window's title is switching all the time from the google icon to another (I think that is the standard html icon).

I've java and javascript enabled. It loads perfectly in firefox.

Comment 1 Thiago Macieira 2005-10-21 03:22:18 UTC

Google changed their website.

Change your browser identification to Safari and it will work fine.

Google tests your browser identification to see if it is supported or not. If it isn't, it runs:
  window.location.href = '';

which causes a reload of the current page. So, not a bug.

Comment 2 Antonio E. 2005-10-21 09:07:39 UTC

Yes, that works. Thank you very much for your fast answer.