diff --git a/examples/georss-flickr.html b/examples/georss-flickr.html
index 94da9949f8..5591b0ccb0 100644
--- a/examples/georss-flickr.html
+++ b/examples/georss-flickr.html
@@ -50,21 +50,20 @@
             
             style.addRules([rule, elseRule]);
             
-            // Create a GML layer with GeoRSS format and a style map.
-            markerLayer = new OpenLayers.Layer.GML("Some images from Flickr",
-                                                   "xml/georss-flickr.xml", {
-                format: OpenLayers.Format.GeoRSS,
-                formatOptions: {
-                    // adds the thumbnail attribute to the feature
-                    createFeatureFromItem: function(item) {
-                        var feature = OpenLayers.Format.GeoRSS.prototype
-                                .createFeatureFromItem.apply(this, arguments);
-                        feature.attributes.thumbnail =
-                                this.getElementsByTagNameNS(
-                                item, "*", "thumbnail")[0].getAttribute("url");
-                        return feature;
-                    }
-                },
+            // Create a Vector layer with GeoRSS format and a style map.
+            markerLayer = new OpenLayers.Layer.Vector("Some images from Flickr", {
+                protocol: new OpenLayers.Protocol.HTTP({
+                    url: "xml/georss-flickr.xml",
+                    format: new OpenLayers.Format.GeoRSS({
+                        // adds the thumbnail attribute to the feature
+                        createFeatureFromItem: function(item) {
+                            var feature = OpenLayers.Format.GeoRSS.prototype.createFeatureFromItem.apply(this, arguments);
+                            feature.attributes.thumbnail = this.getElementsByTagNameNS(item, "*", "thumbnail")[0].getAttribute("url");
+                            return feature;
+                        }
+                    })
+                }),
+                strategies: [new OpenLayers.Strategy.Fixed()],
                 // Giving the style map keys for "default" and "select"
                 // rendering intent, to make the image larger when selected
                 styleMap: new OpenLayers.StyleMap({
diff --git a/examples/gml-layer.html b/examples/gml-layer.html
index eea465dcec..a87a5f333e 100644
--- a/examples/gml-layer.html
+++ b/examples/gml-layer.html
@@ -20,7 +20,13 @@
                     "http://vmap0.tiles.osgeo.org/wms/vmap0", {layers: 'basic'} );
             map.addLayer(layer);
             map.zoomToExtent(new OpenLayers.Bounds(-3.922119,44.335327,4.866943,49.553833));
-            map.addLayer(new OpenLayers.Layer.GML("GML", "gml/polygon.xml"));
+            map.addLayer(new OpenLayers.Layer.Vector("GML", {
+                protocol: new OpenLayers.Protocol.HTTP({
+                    url: "gml/polygon.xml",
+                    format: new OpenLayers.Format.GML()
+                }),
+                strategies: [new OpenLayers.Strategy.Fixed()]
+            }));
         }
     </script>
   </head>