Can't display google maps or msnmaps in firefox

[Patrick May]

On Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 05:07:01PM -0700, Thomas Taylor wrote:
> On Tuesday 01 November 2005 13:34, oldman wrote:
> > Hello all
> >
> >     Just after google maps went online I checked it out and was very
> > impressed.  Ditto with msn maps or whatever it's called.  However I seem
> > to have done something to cause it to stop working and I'll be darned if
> > I can figure out what.  When displaying I get a gray box with some
> > smaller gray boxes where the pins should be.
> >
> >     I have removed all extensions (but not plugins!) and this did not help.
> >     Interesting to note that if I fire up Mozilla, both sites work fine.
> >
> > Anyone got an idea?
> >
> > Scott
> 
> One thing you can check is "Edit > Preferences > Web Features" and see if the 
> "Load Images" button is checked and the button "For the originating web site 
> only" is un-checked.  
> 
> HTH,
> Tom
> 
> -- 
> Tom Taylor
> Linux user #263467
> Federal Way, WA
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Check that JavaScript is allowed to change images. That one bit me
in the rear. Firefox did the exact thing to me when I unchecked that (trying
to avoid some really horrid Flash ads on a web site...about 4 of them would
cause a machine to spike to 100% CPU every couple of seconds.)

Patrick