[GRLUG] KDE question (google maps)

[Roberto Villarreal]

Works here with 1.5.0.1 on Debian, but google maps is butt-slow and pegs my 
CPU.  For some reason, firefox all-around is pretty slow and sluggish (I only 
use it now when I need to view a page with Flash).

Roberto

On Wednesday 19 April 2006 19:04, Dave Kedron wrote:
> Hey thanks guys for replying.  I guess I'll probably re-map Run to alt-r
> and keep firefox on ctrl-r  (I use refresh more than Run).
>
> BTW, here is a screenshot of Google Maps in Firefox on my linux box.
> http://sirfrummel.com/pictures/google_maps_broken.jpg
>
> I am running firefox 1.5.0.2 on Fedora Core 4.  So... does google maps work
> on your firefox in linux then?
>
> (BTW, I also tried disabling adblock, and I also have Noscript enabled for
> google, other than that, I don't know of any other extensions that might
> stop googlemaps from working).
>
> Thanks.
>
> - Dave Kedron
>
>
> Topher <topher at wcsg.org> wrote: > Firstly I'd like to say that I'm strongly
> trying to switch to linux
>
> > permantenly at home.  I was running linux straght for a whole week, and
> > then I had to reboot into windows because Google Maps wouldn't load on
> > Firefox in linux (yet it works in firefox on windows).
>
> That's odd, I've never heard of it not working.  Could you tell us how it
> doesn't work?  Blank page, error message?
>
> > So my question:  Does anyone know of a way how I can do both ctrl-r to
> > bring up a run dialog box, and also have it refresh firefox if that has
> > focus?
>
> Here's half an answer:  In The Old Days, browsers in Linux used alt-r to
> reload, and I got used to that.  The alt key is closer to the r, and
> therefore an easier combo.  So I changed my browser to do that.  In
> Firefox, put about:config in the location bar, and then search for
> keyconfig.main.key_reload I set the value to:  alt][R][ (which seems odd,
> but it works).  Then restart Firefox, and alt-r is your refresh.
>
> I got an extension for Firefox called KeyConfig which lets you reconfigure
> just about any possible action in Firefox, that's been helpful as well.
>
> Topher
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