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Transferring data from maps.googleapis.com... slows Firefox. Why?

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Len
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I see the message I've quoted in the subject line "Transferring data from maps.googleapis.com..." in the status bar when I'm on the site of the public library near me. I am not doing anything with Google Maps. Google Maps is not open in another tab, I have closed Firefox and restarted since the last time I used Google Maps.

I wouldn't care if it didn't slow down Firefox. Sometimes it's stuck there for 30 seconds or more on an otherwise fast connection. Thanks.

I see the message I've quoted in the subject line "Transferring data from maps.googleapis.com..." in the status bar when I'm on the site of the public library near me. I am not doing anything with Google Maps. Google Maps is not open in another tab, I have closed Firefox and restarted since the last time I used Google Maps. I wouldn't care if it didn't slow down Firefox. Sometimes it's stuck there for 30 seconds or more on an otherwise fast connection. Thanks.

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Patrick Weiden
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Does the website of the mentioned public library make use of maps.googleapis.com in order to have a map showing its location, to be able to get directions to it, etc.? Could you name the public library and/or the website you are on? Then one could directly inspect the source of the website...

Len
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Hi, Patrick Weiden Thanks. Sure, no problem. Its Toronto Public Library at https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/ Yes it does, probably, use Google Maps APIs. The "view on map" on this page, for example: (https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/centennial/ ) has a link to Google Maps.

So even though I'm not using that function, it's slowing the site down??? Sounds like poor coding. I (used to) know a bit about web page construction, but less as less as the years go on. Len