2015/07/09 - Flash Maps being replaced with HTML5 maps

[blantonl]

Great news folks,

I'm testing the HTML5 replacement of our Flash based clickable maps - right now they are in Beta across all the RadioReference database pages.

This means the long national nightmare of Flash is coming to an end on RadioReference!

See the regular database pages:

RadioReference.com - Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference Database

Feedback, questions, concerns? Let me hear from you.

PS: once we have this nailed down and working properly across all the states and counties we'll convert Broadcastify over as well.

 

[NHdave]

Excellent move, flash is past its prime and a security risk, glad to see it go!

 

[mitbr]

Nice work Lindsay thanks for this .
Haven't found any errors yet looks good!
Tim

 

[mciupa]

It reminds me of when you read the comics in the newspaper and you notice the characters are drawn ever so slightly different because a new artist has taken over.

No issues. Nice work.

 

[wise871]

Working great from my iPhone.


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[RonnieUSA]

Looks great, colors are much brighter.

 

[k1agh]

Thank you thank you thank you oh god oh god thank you.

 

[flythunderbird]

Fanstastic! Many thanks!

 

[JP-Hollywood]

Using an iPad, I get a message that HTML5 is not supported and then the map starts loading. I see the map which I could not see three days ago (when it was still Flash). I still need to test against a Flash device to see if anything is missing in the image. Other than that, mucho better!

 

[rkm1215]

I was initially excited about HTML5 switchover, but ran into an unexpected issue. My work machine was fine on Flash, but IE says HTML5 is not supported and it doesn't load the map. Oh well.

 

[hpycmpr]

The maps work on my laptop, but not on the iphone5 with v8.4, still the lists.

Steve T

 

[RonnieUSA]

Loaded fine using Microsoft Edge, on Windows 10 Build 10166.

 

[Deziel0495]

New maps look great! I don't mean to go off topic, but is there any plans to introduce an HTML5 web player for Broadcastify audio feeds?

 

[blantonl]

There is an html5 web player for Broadcastify feeds - it automatically is made available for mobile devices


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[SCPD]

Nice!

Thanks Lindsay.

 

[Thunderknight]

Maybe I'm missing something, but I still don't see the maps until I get to a county page. On the U.S. and State level page, I don't see a map. Once I select a county from the text list and it takes me to that county DB page I see the state level map with the county highlighted.
iPad with iOS 8.4.

 

[n2nov]

Any idea on using Firefox for HTML5? I constantly update Firefox, but HTML5 is not supported.

 

[nd5y]

I'm using Firefox 39 on Windows 7 and Linux and the HTML5 maps work fine on both.

 

[blantonl]

Maybe I'm missing something, but I still don't see the maps until I get to a county page. On the U.S. and State level page, I don't see a map. Once I select a county from the text list and it takes me to that county DB page I see the state level map with the county highlighted.
iPad with iOS 8.4.

iOS devices are marked as mobile devices and we only display text links for mobile devices on the country and state pages (even the HTML5 maps in a touch environment aren't easy to use) - we display the map for the county location to provide a representation of where the county is located in relation to the rest of the state. Not as a navigation feature per se.

 

[DaveNF2G]

Any idea on using Firefox for HTML5? I constantly update Firefox, but HTML5 is not supported.

The maps are working here. Firefox v39.0 under Windows XP Pro SP-3.