I’m using Google Maps API V3 and my page loads a map with 5 markers in it. Now whenever I load the page, I notice that the refresh button on my Chrome browser keeps changing to a ‘Stop’ icon that looks like a ‘X’ then back to the ‘Refresh Page’ icon and back to the ‘X’ icon again for about 3 seconds before the map is fully loaded and appears. This is really puzzling, any idea how to get rid of it, or what causes it?
I only notice this in Chrome, not in FF or IE.
Since approximately mid-May, I have noticed Google Maps doing that even using the direct webservice. It matters not if it is Firefox, Konquerer, Safari, or SeaMonkey. Chrome seems to do it worse.
As such, I don’t think it is something you can fix. Just wait for Google to fix their service.