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July 30, 2005

Google Maps Plugins 2.1 Coming…

Yes, it’s only been one day since the release of version 2.0. With the help of a great group of people, I was able to find the cause of the “spinning beach ball of death” that was causing problems for some users. The problem occurs with large numbers of Address Book cards. Some users have over 3000 it would seem, and I did not take that into consideration during my development. This has been fixed.

Version 2.1 will also include support for the Google Maps Preferences when getting directions. I don’t know how I missed that one, but it’s been taken care of, so UK directions should be more useful. There are other small improvements that will be outlined later.

VersionTraker Pro was apparently still reporting version 1.3.1. I updated the bundle version numbers for 2.1 so hopefully all VersionTracker Pro users will be aware of the new version when it comes out.

I’m still looking into an issue with Panther and duplicate Address Book names (it doesn’t like duplicate names in the pop-up menus). I know how to get around it, I’m just looking for the best way to implement it were it won’t hurt performance.

Thanks to everyone that reported their problems and helped me track down the solutions.