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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
by 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 agoHow 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 agoI think it eventually will. Just give it some time, it just got released.
- baroffoos 8y agoGoogle hangouts has been in this state for years as well as google earth
- Majestic121 8y agoOr, they could do what they did but try to make it work with other major browsers as well.
- jasonkester 8y agoAgain, 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.
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- mavhc 8y agoWhich ones?
- sridca 8y ago> The correct response to this used to be "wow, that's pretty cool that they can make this work in a browser". Yes, but that would way too non-cynical for the HN psyche.