Just An Experiment

Here is a test of an embedded Strava activity:

There’s noting special about this particular run, I just picked it as an example to see what it looked like in my browser.

Here’s another example of an embedded map, this time from Google Maps:

Again, there is nothing special about this map — in fact, I’d be wary of using it, as it’s probably years out of date — I just picked it out from a bunch I made once. The point is to notice that the embedded map showed up.

One more embedded map, this time from Ride With GPS:

They all just seem to work, right? Contrast these with this one from Garmin:

If you have anything other than Firefox, you may see the embedded activity (inside the box I added for clarity), but if you’re using (a more modern version of) Firefox you should just see a gray line and a blank space in the box — Firefox is blocking what it now considers an insecure script coming from Garmin. I talked to Garmin tech support, and they say it’s a Firefox problem — that is, their insecure script is really a Firefox problem — and they won’t be fixing it.

This screws up about a half dozen pages here, and a few more on my old blog, and maybe even some other websites where I’ve embedded Garmin rides over the years. I think I may be going back and re-doing my ride pages in RideWithGps. Ugh, work… Oh well, lesson (re)learned: avoid counting on Garmin, especially their website.

UPDATE (12/3/2018): Well, whaddaya know — now it works!


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