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http://www.merkwelt.com/people/stan/geo_js/sample.html
I am using Chrome 8.0 and Firefox 3.6 without problems. Can you verify that the
above URL is not working.
Original comment by whoiss...@gmail.com
on 11 Jan 2011 at 1:50
I can confirm: Your example is in fact working in my copy of Chrome.
I downloaded geo.js v0.4.3 again and tried it again with the same.result:
nothing happens, whereas my modified geo.js works without problems - locally
and on my server.
Made a diff between those versions
This 'else if' statement seems to have changed
old: else if(typeof(window.google)!="undefined")
new: else if(typeof(window.google)!="undefined" &&
typeof(google.gears)!="undefined")
This causes (although only in your example) Chrome to overwrite the previous
'else if', nameley
else if (typeof(navigator.geolocation)!="undefined")
that will also be executed in Chrome.
But sorry, I don't know the reason why my copy of Chrome seems to like your
example on the server but not when I try it in different environments.
Original comment by wolfpil@gmail.com
on 11 Jan 2011 at 3:11
Tried again with the same results.
Anyhow, I think this library is a good idea. I'd like ti thank you for
initializing this project and for your work so far.
Thanks.
Original comment by wolfpil@gmail.com
on 11 Jan 2011 at 3:43
hey, I updated the code, should be all fine now. Can you verify? Latest build
is attached, also includes a minified version from now on. And a method to open
a map with lat,lon which works differently on blackberry browsers.
Original comment by whoiss...@gmail.com
on 11 Jan 2011 at 8:16
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Tried it locally. Firefox and Opera are fine, Chrome does nothing.
I believe Chrome stops here
92 else if (typeof(navigator.geolocation)!=u)
the next-but-one 'else if' is never called
146 else if(typeof(window.google)!=u && typeof(google.gears)!=u)
Original comment by wolfpil@gmail.com
on 12 Jan 2011 at 7:21
in my chrome 8.0.552.231 it responds indeed to:
"else if (typeof(navigator.geolocation)!=u)"
since this is supported by chrome. so are you saying it enters that condition
but then fails? no 100% sure if i understand the issue.
Original comment by whoiss...@gmail.com
on 12 Jan 2011 at 1:15
Yes, navigator.geolocation is available and known by Chrome but it has no
effect due to the fact that Chrome doesn't support the standards completely yet.
And because a 'else if' statement is used no other 'else if' block will be
executed.
Hope this funny gears game with Chrome will be finished the sooner the better.
Gears was proprietary, so it was a good decision to deprecate it and support
the full standards instead.
"Other facets of Gears, such as the LocalServer API and Geolocation, are also
represented by similar APIs in new standards and will be included in Google
Chrome shortly."
Source: http://gearsblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/hello-html5.html
In Jan. 2011 it is still necessary to initialize Gears in Chrome, so this post
from Feb. 2010 was a bit ahead of the reality.
Original comment by wolfpil@gmail.com
on 12 Jan 2011 at 1:35
Now I understand what you mean by "no other 'else if' block will be executed."
That is supposed to be like that. I tried on both windows and OS X with chrome
8 without any problem. It brings up the permission dialog under the URL bar and
once I confirm it works just fine. Would it be possible for you to see where it
actually goes wrong? Or how would I detect a faulty chrome.
Original comment by whoiss...@gmail.com
on 12 Jan 2011 at 3:10
Hmm, now it's me who do not understand.
Difficult to say where Chrome goes wrong because no error is reported, simply
nothing in Chrome.
When I call
else if(typeof(window.google)!=u && typeof(google.gears)!=u)
{
provider=google.gears.factory.create('beta.geolocation');
}
before
else if (typeof(navigator.geolocation)!=u) ...
I get the location in Firefox, Opera and also in Chrome.
In Google's Gears Geolocation Demo
http://code.google.com/apis/gears/samples/hello_world_geolocation.html
getCurrentPosition() refers to google.gears.factory.create('beta.geolocation');
not to navigator.geolocation.
But maybe I'm missing something.
Original comment by wolfpil@gmail.com
on 13 Jan 2011 at 2:30
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