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Let's dedicate this thread to websites, which exhibit unusual behavior in Edge Insider. They either don't open or work as expected, or cause high CPU and/or GPU load when in focus. One can check...
I think Google Earth will only work in Chrome. I know it doesn't work in Firefox or IE. This is from their website:
With Google Earth for Chrome, fly anywhere in seconds and explore hundreds of 3D cities right in your browser. Roll the dice to discover someplace new, take a guided tour with Voyager, and measure distances and areas. Coming soon to more browsers.
Bill
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Nope, the reason it doesn't work in Edge Preview is the Edge devs removed Google Portable Native Client plugin from Chromium. Its in the installer package, but not registered properly, despite they still use the same Pepper API with Flash Player.
I don't doubt what you are saying. I just got the impression from other sources that Google Earth only works in Chrome. Besides IE and Firefox not supporting Google Earth, Vivaldi also doesn't. It is also a chromium based browser. From ghacks.net:
Google makes the new Google Earth Chrome exclusive
Google unveiled a redesigned version of Google Earth today which, unlike its predecessor, is a web application. While that sounds good on first glance, as you may run Google Earth now without having to install software or an application first, the new version is limited to Google Chrome currently on the desktop.
The desktop version of Google Earth is still offered on the official site though, so that non-Chrome users may download and use the application in its older form.
Google notes that the new Google Earth works in Chrome on the desktop only. While that means support on Chromebook devices, and also better support on Linux, it also means that the new version of Google Earth is not available for users who run non-Chrome desktop browsers.
Changing the user agent does not help right now to get the new Google Earth to work in other browsers.
Google Chrome is becoming more and more IE6 ("works best with....")
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I don't doubt what you are saying. I just got the impression from other sources that Google Earth only works in Chrome. Besides IE and Firefox not supporting Google Earth, Vivaldi also doesn't. It is also a chromium based browser.
Popular articles don't explain tech behind some phenomena, they just describe it from a user standpoint. There's always a story behind such news bites. Microsoft invented ActiveX decades ago, which allowed to link and embed a window of one application into another (like picture-in-picture). While ActiveX tech was criticized from all sides, its still in use today - indefinitely long, and brought into Edge Chromium again, for example as IE Mode.
Google realized long ago that controlling the OS gives infinite advantages to apps efficiency. They even designed Chromium OS, which uses Chromium as its UI and supports web applications running in browser window. For Chrome running on Windows, they added a plugin Google Portable Native Client (PNACL), so it can also host apps like Google Earth, which run in a safe sandbox inside the browser. Google's PNACL is similar to MS ActiveX, but treated by Edge team differently. While ActiveX is given a warm welcome, PNACL is purposely blocked in Edge Chromium. When one tries to install an app from Google Store, Edge Chromium displays the message: "Installing Themes and Apps is not supported".
Yes, both ActiveX and PNACL don't fit well into current web standards, and might eventually be replaced with a newer tech. That's why other Chromium based niche browsers don't use both. But why the new "mass browser for everyone" Edge Chromium treats such unfairly Google apps, while promoting with IE Mode MS own very old apps to enterprise users no longer supported for decades? This hits prospective Edge Chromium converts, who are customization fans, as they can't use web apps anymore admired with Chrome.
