[OZAPRS] aprs.fi - fails to complete the task

[Terry Neumann]

I have a problem with aprs.fi.    This site seems to work OK with 
Firefox in my desktop Window$ XP machines and provides a very helpful 
amount of data besides the more basic and expected aprs functions.

However on my now somewhat elderly HP NX500 laptop also running Windoze 
XP with SP's up to date, it is a bit of a fizzer.   The site loads the 
page with the google map for the location of the station I want to track 
(usually mine), but never gets around to actually painting the location 
of the aprs station or the track.  The requested URL is (for example) 
http://aprs.fi/?call=vk5atn-12&mt=m&z=11&timerange=3600 
<http://aprs.fi/?call=vk5atn-12&mt=m&z=11&timerange=3600>  I've tried 
this with current versions of Firefox, Netscape and IE, all the same as 
on my desktop machines, but always with same disappointing result.

However on the same machine with the Ubuntu partition loaded and Firefox 
running, the same URL brings up all of the detail I've come to expect 
from my desktop machines.   I'm not aware of any limitations in other 
Windows operations with this computer, just this specific URL.

Any hints? Ideas?   (Yeah, yeah I know  - scrap Mickeysoft and use 
Ubuntu all the time! Unfortunately that's not an option until Linux  
versions of a couple of other Windows specific applications appear - and 
I'm assured that won't happen).

Thanks in advance,
73
Terry
VK5ATN