Re: Mapping GNOME contributors from around the world!

[Simos Xenitellis <simos74 gmx net>]

Clytie Siddall wrote:

> On 28/12/2005, at 6:05 AM, Simos Xenitellis wrote:
>
> > > Hey Simos,
> > > I couldn't add Tehran as a city...
> > > can it be fixed?
> > Hi Meelad,
> > I just had a look and I can see that Tehran is included in the city  
> > list. <snip>
>
>
> That may not help. I was completely unable to choose Adelaide, South  
> Australia (my closest large city) from the drop-down list. There  
> wouldn't be a hand over that item, and when I tried to choose items  
> further down the list which _did_ show a hand, the only thing that  
> would occur was me being told the result was invalid/incorrect or  
> whatever euphemism the page used as an error message.
>
> If I tried typing directly into the field, the text wouldn't appear,  
> and the cursor would keep dropping to the next text field.
>
> I'm using OmniWeb 5.1.3b2 on Mac OSX 10.3.4, all updates current.
>
> I queried the page on omniweb-l, and other users tried it. They said  
> they couldn't use the page at all.
>
> How are different browsers handling this page?

That could be an issue with the so-called XMLRPC support in the browser.
I could not establish whether OmniWeb supports XMLRPC.
XMLRPC is a functionality found in Javascript. A webpage may contain 
Javascript code that dynamically loads content based on the input of the 
user.
For example, see Google Suggest, at
http://www.google.com/webhp?complete=1&hl=en
Type a few letters, like "gno" and you will notice that Google will show 
typical results starting with "gno" and the number of results.

Using XMLRPC, the Javascript code of the Frappr page loads dynamically 
the list of cities as you type.
Depending on your connection, you may have to wait for a few moments for 
the XMLRPC request to complete.

Even if you cannot type the city name, you can use the Google Maps 
minimap at the same page to set your location.
Does the GoogleMap page work for you? You may also check with 
http://maps.google.com/
You can zoom in/out and also switch to Satellite view in case the map 
does not exist for your area yet.

Hope it works,
Simos