Comments on: New Google Earth 4.3 Released

By: Kenny Chesnuts

Kenny Chesnuts — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:52:12 +0000

Why? It’s broken.

By: Alexander

Alexander — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 02:52:19 +0000

WOW! I really loved the Google Earth 4.2 but, 4.3? My PC sucks and the 4.3 version is really much slower. Google should make a 4.4 version with much better performance.

By: nive

nive — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 01:20:32 +0000

I agree with Paul, the new versin sucks !!!

By: Ray

Ray — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 21:56:46 +0000

The new version sucks so bad compared to the old. I can’t get the window to be anything but full size, which is a major pain in the ass. When you switch from full screen to “window” the window doesn’t allow resizing no matter what you do – WTF! Also, the spin controls blow. I fired up google earth to help my girlfriend get directions and suddenly the freaking thing is all changed and the controls to move around now are freaking horrible. Nothing was wrong with the previous version and it was easy to control. The new version is horrible compared to how it used to allow you to control things along the bottom. I’m so sick of programmers with nothing to do trying to “fix” problems that don’t exist in software. It’s shocking to see google fall into this trend. What next? Hiring programmers from India?

Shame on Google for screwing up a good piece of software and fouling up the user interface. At least they could have provided a “classic” option to get you back to what you were used to.. even Uncle Bill does that…

By: Kurt Munro

Kurt Munro — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:31:30 +0000

Thanks for that link Bob. The controls in 4.3 are horrific. They must’ve let the Lively team work on the new version. Horrific decision making.

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:35:55 +0000

Folks

Problem solved

http://www.oldapps.com/Google_Earth.php

I downloaded version 4.0.2737 and it works a treat. I uninstalled the latest version before re-installing the old version, but happily my “places” were not deleted.

Google Earth is once again useful.

Enjoy

By: Dr:Zohaib hassan

Dr:Zohaib hassan — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 02:36:24 +0000

new google earth mail ? thanks

By: Spike Jones

Spike Jones — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 06:48:49 +0000

HEEEELLLPP!!

How can I revert to the previous edition of Google Earth $.2 I think. The new edition 4.3.7284.3916 (beta) is a disaster, it’s slow and the controls are awful to use requiring constant fiddling to zoom in without tilting..

My previous version worked perfectly.

Spike Jones.

By: GuinnessMan

GuinnessMan — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 08:01:22 +0000

Just wanted to add to the previous comments about how completely and utterly rubbish the new zoom and tilt controls are. They are truely truely bad, and simply unusable. The old ones were nice simple and very easy to use and did exactly what you expected, unlike the new ones that do random stuff and move you away from what you are trying to look at. These new ones make you want to chuck your machine out the window with frustration. Come on Google, please please give us back the old ones ASAP – they worked and everybody liked them. Can’t find any complaints about how they used to work, just lots and lots about the new style – come on listen to the people for once !!

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:03:01 +0000

Another unhappy upgrader here. Ditto what Malcolm said about tilting – I don’t want to tilt the camera, I want to tilt the earth. GE 4.3 is also slower, the images don’t “clean up” as nicely, and it crashes. Google Earth used to be fun to play with, but now it’s just frustrating. I would use it to plot hiking trips in the mountains, but it’s just too cumbersome to do that now.