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Mike Blumenthal in Google Places (Maps & Local) October 26, 2009

Google Places Pages & IE8 Display Bug

Apparently we are not the only web design firm that gets indigestion making pages compatible with the many versions Internet Explorer.

There are a number of reports (here, here, here, here) in the Google Maps forums detailing a display bug when viewing Google’s recently introduced Places pages in IE 8.

The bug, first identified & detailed in the forum by EHG, prevents a user from seeing some details of the listing. Apparently when viewed in Firefox and Chrome the information is able to be viewed.

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Mike Blumenthal

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PureSheer (134 comments)

October 26, 2009 at 1:53 pm

Issue got cracked by one of my wonderful account managers.
You can see her answer here- http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/maps/thread?tid=713590925d82c5f3&hl=en&fid=713590925d82c5f3000476da2f47299c

Mike Blumenthal (3913 comments)

October 26, 2009 at 2:00 pm

@PureSheer

Thanks for the tip. It was this one right?

“I was having the same problem with my listing – however, as soon as I marked the “do not show business hours” box, the place page in IE worked fine (all the photos, details, reviews, etc appeared). Perhaps there is also a bug with the hours?”

MiriamEllis (740 comments)

October 26, 2009 at 2:58 pm

Tsk tsk, did the designer only look at the page in Chrome? Heh heh.

Mike Blumenthal (3913 comments)

October 26, 2009 at 2:59 pm

@Miriam

Apparently so. 🙂

PureSheer (134 comments)

October 26, 2009 at 3:48 pm

@Mike

Yep, this is hers 🙂

Stever (206 comments)

October 27, 2009 at 2:51 am

oh the joys of cross browser HTML/CSS design 🙂

Case Ernsting (2 comments)

November 4, 2009 at 6:07 pm

Ahhh, I just posted on a very old post of yours, wondering if there was any new information…how dumb of me.

Thanks for the updates. The new Google Places idea is interesting, as are a lot of things you can do with web design, but IE refuses to keep up. Thanks for the post. It’s comforting to know, it’s frustrating others as well.