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Rob--W / dont-track-me-google

Firefox and Chrome extensions to prevent Google from making links ugly.
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Extension Interferes with Correct Google Maps Results #50

Closed mollyrealized closed 1 year ago

mollyrealized commented 1 year ago

What did you do? (steps to reproduce)

  1. Installed Don't Track Me Google extension.
  2. Opened https://maps.google.com.
  3. Typed "McDonald's near 122 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois."

What happened? (actual results)

  1. The map zoomed out, but showed McDonald's locations near my home address (the default location where Google Maps opens).

What should have happened? (expected results)

  1. The map should've shown McDonald's locations near 122 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.

Disabling the extension made the expected results happen.

Rob--W commented 1 year ago

I cannot reproduce the issue. After step 3, I clicked the Search button and/or Enter, and see the expected result, in Chrome and Firefox:

Screenshot of maps

If there are some special steps to take, could you be more precise? To rule out any other causes, try to open a new browser profile, install the extension and visit maps.google.com without logging in. If I need to use a VPN or something to get some more localized version of Google, please let me know. I'm based in The Netherlands, in case it's relevant.

mollyrealized commented 1 year ago

I tried it on an entirely different machine; it may be something specific to my synced Firefox profile, though. Do you have 'home' and 'work' values set in Google Maps? Just trying to determine what's different. Do you have any people who you beta test with? Can they reproduce the issue?

Rob--W commented 1 year ago

I'm not logged in, so the Home and Work addresses do not matter.

What do you see if you open a new container tab ( or Private Browsing window - maybe after allowing the extension access to Private Browsing Windows at about:addons ), and repeat the same steps?

Could you be very precise with the steps that you have taken? E.g. your steps end with typing a value, but when I do that, Maps does not automatically change the map until I press Enter or click on the button.

mollyrealized commented 1 year ago

I would suggest that the problem might need testing while being logged in, since it seems to include a behavior that desires to stay focused around "wanting" to stay focused around a default opening address.

I will try producing the behavior while in a private browser window this evening when I am not at my work, and I will try to see if I am not documenting something, but I also suspect that the problem IS directly related to being logged in. I would suggest testing while logged in and seeing if you can reproduce the problem.

On Thu, Feb 2, 2023 at 9:30 AM Rob Wu @.***> wrote:

I'm not logged in, so the Home and Work addresses do not matter.

What do you see if you open a new container tab ( or Private Browsing window - maybe after allowing the extension access to Private Browsing Windows at about:addons ), and repeat the same steps?

Could you be very precise with the steps that you have taken? E.g. your steps end with typing a value, but when I do that, Maps does not automatically change the map until I press Enter or click on the button.

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Rob--W commented 1 year ago

After repeating the steps with a logged-in Google account that has a Home Address set, the same results were observed - the map is centered around the expected search result.

mollyrealized commented 1 year ago

Thank you. I will look back and try to refine this report either this evening or this weekend.

On Thu, Feb 2, 2023 at 9:42 AM Rob Wu @.***> wrote:

After repeating the steps with a logged-in Google account that has a Home Address set, the same results were observed - the map is centered around the expected search result.

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mollyrealized commented 1 year ago

I am sorry for wasting your time -- although I did indeed originally think through testing it was this extension, it was not. My apologies.

On Thu, Feb 2, 2023 at 9:46 AM Mike Harris @.***> wrote:

Thank you. I will look back and try to refine this report either this evening or this weekend.

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After repeating the steps with a logged-in Google account that has a Home Address set, the same results were observed - the map is centered around the expected search result.

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Rob--W commented 1 year ago

No problem, thanks for checking and taking the time to report with the best intentions!