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Clicked just to see the message saying Chrome only. Nice to see the devs at google still don't give a shit about browser diversity and standards.

burgerboy 8y ago
Sometimes things have technical requirements that aren't available on other platforms. How about you stop with the anti Google circlejerk?
KevanM 8y ago
Worked (as was able to submit an access request) on the latest Firefox.
- slowwwclap 8y ago
  Did you get a response? I've been waiting to get access.
fbelzile 8y ago
It looks like they are waiting on WebAssembly Threading. I agree with you though, Google should help develop WebAssembly vs just creating a Chrome only solution: "Our 3D rendering engine currently uses a Chrome-only technology called Native Client to power Earth Studio. However, we’re closely tracking the evolution of WebAssembly (especially threading). Stay tuned!"
- markdog12 8y ago
  > Google should help develop WebAssembly Google is heavily involved in WebAssembly planning and implementation in Chrome/V8. They have threading enabled chrome://flags
- pgeorgi 8y ago
  > Google should help develop WebAssembly vs just creating a Chrome only solution The people who can do Google Earth Flybys might not be the same that could implement WebAssembly Threading, even though they work at the same company.
sigi45 8y ago
There is a clear difference between not giving a shit about browser divercity and standards and building a specific product on top of Chrome which is, also a web browser. Lots of companies don't give a f*ck and only do it if the market share are big enough.
- baud147258 8y ago
  > Lots of companies don't give a f_ck On the project on which I'm working, no f_cks are given about browser diversity, we're just supporting IE, because we need activX to communicate with a smartcard reader and there's plan to start next year on support both FF and chrome
jasonkester 8y ago
It's a desktop tool to generate video flybys from google earth. Not a website they expect people off the street to visit. How would you deliver such a thing in 2019? In the past this would have been a standalone app like google earth itself was. With a big download and an icon on your desktop. Or, they could simply bundle Chrome into the app as electron to give people the exact same thing but avoid snarky hacker news comments. Or, better still, they could do what they did and ship it as is. The correct response to this used to be "wow, that's pretty cool that they can make this work in a browser".
- tinus_hn 8y ago
  How about they make it work in multiple browsers instead of just their own? It’s cool that it works in a browser, but only if it works in browsers in general, not just one. And it’s not like this is charity work.
  - forgot-my-pw 8y ago
    I think it eventually will. Just give it some time, it just got released.
    - baroffoos 8y ago
      Google hangouts has been in this state for years as well as google earth
- Majestic121 8y ago
  Or, they could do what they did but try to make it work with other major browsers as well.
  - jasonkester 8y ago
    Again, to what end? It's a pro tool, not a website. Be happy it wasn't adobe releasing it as a desktop product and charging $1,000 per year to use it.
Forge36 8y ago
What browser are you using?

burgerboy 8y ago

Sometimes things have technical requirements that aren't available on other platforms. How about you stop with the anti Google circlejerk?

KevanM 8y ago

Worked (as was able to submit an access request) on the latest Firefox.

slowwwclap 8y ago
Did you get a response? I've been waiting to get access.

fbelzile 8y ago

It looks like they are waiting on WebAssembly Threading. I agree with you though, Google should help develop WebAssembly vs just creating a Chrome only solution: "Our 3D rendering engine currently uses a Chrome-only technology called Native Client to power Earth Studio. However, we’re closely tracking the evolution of WebAssembly (especially threading). Stay tuned!"

markdog12 8y ago
> Google should help develop WebAssembly Google is heavily involved in WebAssembly planning and implementation in Chrome/V8. They have threading enabled chrome://flags
pgeorgi 8y ago
> Google should help develop WebAssembly vs just creating a Chrome only solution The people who can do Google Earth Flybys might not be the same that could implement WebAssembly Threading, even though they work at the same company.

sigi45 8y ago

There is a clear difference between not giving a shit about browser divercity and standards and building a specific product on top of Chrome which is, also a web browser. Lots of companies don't give a f*ck and only do it if the market share are big enough.

baud147258 8y ago
> Lots of companies don't give a f_ck On the project on which I'm working, no f_cks are given about browser diversity, we're just supporting IE, because we need activX to communicate with a smartcard reader and there's plan to start next year on support both FF and chrome

jasonkester 8y ago

It's a desktop tool to generate video flybys from google earth. Not a website they expect people off the street to visit. How would you deliver such a thing in 2019? In the past this would have been a standalone app like google earth itself was. With a big download and an icon on your desktop. Or, they could simply bundle Chrome into the app as electron to give people the exact same thing but avoid snarky hacker news comments. Or, better still, they could do what they did and ship it as is. The correct response to this used to be "wow, that's pretty cool that they can make this work in a browser".

tinus_hn 8y ago
How about they make it work in multiple browsers instead of just their own? It’s cool that it works in a browser, but only if it works in browsers in general, not just one. And it’s not like this is charity work.
- forgot-my-pw 8y ago
  I think it eventually will. Just give it some time, it just got released.
  - baroffoos 8y ago
    Google hangouts has been in this state for years as well as google earth
Majestic121 8y ago
Or, they could do what they did but try to make it work with other major browsers as well.
- jasonkester 8y ago
  Again, to what end? It's a pro tool, not a website. Be happy it wasn't adobe releasing it as a desktop product and charging $1,000 per year to use it.

Forge36 8y ago

What browser are you using?