Can't get wide map anymore ?
This is a most basic requirement & someone has messed up on it. Can't
Google even get this right !

Or you could click the little blue "collapse" arrow at the left-center
of the map. I can see how it is easy to miss, though.

On Apr 10, 11:42 am, "robinpea...@gmail.com" <robinpea...@gmail.com>
wrote:

Clicking on the blue arrow does nothing. Nil. Rien. Nada. Zilch.

On Apr 10, 3:28 pm, "Rick C" <jrickcl...@gmail.com> wrote:

Well, it works in Firefox. (shrug)

On Apr 10, 12:39 pm, "LandLockedSue" <kavan...@gmail.com> wrote:

More info: Works in Firefox 1.5.0.11 on a PC, and also works on IE
6.0.2800.1106 (also PC).
Strange that you would have the arrow, but that it doesn't work.

On Apr 10, 12:39 pm, "LandLockedSue" <kavan...@gmail.com> wrote:

Doesn't work on IE 7 version 7.0.5730.11 which is what the workplace
offers us. Not my choice. Arrow is there. And I used to like Google
Maps ....

On Apr 10, 3:47 pm, "Rick C" <jrickcl...@gmail.com> wrote:

Verrrrry interesting!

I have been posting and wondering about this for a couple of days now.
Just found out:

(1) Works on Firefox. I verified that. Thanks, Rick!

(2) Works on IE 7.0.5730.11 (the one that LandLockedSue complained
about). At least on my PC. But the arrow didn't drag; it worked if
CLICKED.

(3) Doesn't work on Netscape 7.2, my default browser. Arrow doesn't
even appear.

(4) Just to see, I upgraded to Netscape 8. Hated it! Went back to 7.2
as my browser. BUT... The blue arrow didn't appear there either.

Just a sampling. But it sounds like Netscape is dropping the ball --
and Google isn't testing new features with Netscape. (It definitely
should.)

DaveT

On Apr 10, 3:47 pm, "Rick C" <jrickcl...@gmail.com> wrote:

On Apr 11, 8:07 pm, "DaveT" <d...@tutelman.com> wrote:

[Snipped to summarize further:]

(5) No arrow in an April 5 nightly build of Seamonkey 1.5a.
(6) No arrow in Seamonkey 1.1.1.

What version of Firefox is it working in?  Firefox, Seamonkey, and the
most recent Netscapes are all Mozilla project derivatives, and are
generally similar in their capabilities.

Anyone using Opera?

--Eric Smith

It seems to be operated by a  javascript function.  Perhaps the
computers which don't allow it to work have javascript switched off as
a security measure.  On my computer, when you move the pointer to the
blue arrow, the words "javascript:void(0)" appear on the bottom
(notification) line of the browser.

On Apr 12, 3:17 pm, "Eric S. Smith: Left-Field Marshal"

On Apr 12, 10:17 am, "Eric S. Smith: Left-Field Marshal"

That's a good point, Eric. It's Firefox 2.0.0.3. I think that's the
most recent version. (Downloaded in the past week.) And my failed test
was on the latest version of  Netscape, downloaded and installed
explicitly for the test. No, it doesn't make sense. But that is what I
am observing.

For Billy, who suggested JavaScript is the culprit...
   (a) I have Javascript turned on in Netscape. Just to test, I even
turned on the one box I had left unchecked (resize existing windows).
Didn't help.
   (b) The problem isn't execution. The blue arrow does not appear at
all. And, when I move the cursor where the blue arrow SHOULD be, I
never get the arrow to turn into a hand. So it isn't that the link
doesn't do anything; the link just isn't there.

DaveT

Ding! Ding! Ding! Clicking works :-)  Dragging not allowed. Who knows
why. Don't really care at this point.

I've never seen the blue arrow in Seamonkey 1.1.  Yes, Javascript is
turned on.  I don't have a wide window so more than half of the screen
is useless.  Makes me sad -- Google maps used to be a major resource
for me.

On Apr 13, 7:32 am, "DaveT" <d...@tutelman.com> wrote:

This is exactly what happens in the versions of Seamonkey that I'm
running.

A look at the error console shows that loading "maps.google.ca" throws
a few errors, seemingly related to the smashed-up CSS that appears at
the top of the HTML.  The CSS doesn't satisfy the W3C's CSS 2.1
validator, either.

A trip to the DOM inspector shows that the arrow wants to exist.
There's an anchor with two arrow images in it, but the computed style
for the anchor and both images includes "visibility: hidden".  If you
could click the anchor, though, it'd call a JavaScript function named
gPanelResizer.togglePanel().

WORKAROUND:
I've verified this in Seamonkey 1.1.1.  When looking at your map,
instead of stewing over the silly My Maps panel, paste this into the
location bar and hit Enter or press the Go button (if you have it
turned on):

javascript:gPanelResizer.togglePanel();

Whoosh!  No more panel.  If you miss it, just press Go again.

--Eric Smith

On Apr 15, 10:21 am, "Eric S. Smith: Left-Field Marshal"

Ditto in Mozilla v1.8.

Given that it failed in so many common, modern browsers, methinks
quality control was asleep at the switch.

This works; I put it on the toolbar as a toggle switch.

However, I have to say the whole thing was so annoying, and unworked
for so many different browsers -- who knows how many people swore at
google and went elsewhere. -- And because of how these groups are
structured, I didn't find this thread til AFTER I'd posted my own
complaint.

~REZ~
(increasingly less fond of google, as search results and maps grow
more and more ad-centric)

Debian users are affected by this.  We have Iceweasel 2.0.0.3 in Sid
distribution.  I see no flippin' hide button!  GRRRR!!!

Pasting...

      javascript:gPanelResizer.togglePanel();

...into the panel does hide the offensive space-waster.

Am I susposed to reply with this email, or reply on the Forums?

Either way, sorry, but I don't understand what this means ..

"Debian users are affected by this.  We have Iceweasel 2.0.0.3 in Sid
distribution.  I see no flippin' hide button!  GRRRR!!!

Pasting...

      javascript:gPanelResizer.togglePanel();

...into the panel does hide the offensive space-waster."