Comments on: New Google Earth 4.3 Released http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/04/16/new-google-earth-43-released/ Why bother seeing the world for real? Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:06:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Ray http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/04/16/new-google-earth-43-released/#comment-203916 Ray Sun, 30 Nov 2008 21:56:46 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/04/16/new-google-earth-43-released/#comment-203916 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... 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 http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/04/16/new-google-earth-43-released/#comment-203855 Kurt Munro Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:31:30 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/04/16/new-google-earth-43-released/#comment-203855 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. 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 http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/04/16/new-google-earth-43-released/#comment-202799 Bob Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:35:55 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/04/16/new-google-earth-43-released/#comment-202799 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 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 http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/04/16/new-google-earth-43-released/#comment-202638 Dr:Zohaib hassan Sat, 01 Nov 2008 02:36:24 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/04/16/new-google-earth-43-released/#comment-202638 new google earth mail ? thanks new google earth mail ? thanks

]]> By: Spike Jones http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/04/16/new-google-earth-43-released/#comment-202198 Spike Jones Fri, 17 Oct 2008 06:48:49 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/04/16/new-google-earth-43-released/#comment-202198 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. 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 http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/04/16/new-google-earth-43-released/#comment-202010 GuinnessMan Sat, 20 Sep 2008 08:01:22 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/04/16/new-google-earth-43-released/#comment-202010 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 !! 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 http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/04/16/new-google-earth-43-released/#comment-201976 Bill Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:03:01 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/04/16/new-google-earth-43-released/#comment-201976 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. 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.

]]> By: Mircea http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/04/16/new-google-earth-43-released/#comment-201873 Mircea Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:56:51 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/04/16/new-google-earth-43-released/#comment-201873 This new google earth really sucks. I used to double click and it would zoom in a little, if i wanted more i would scroll. now it zooms in a lot, twists and turns at the same time for no apperant reason. when I try to look at the landscape it completly removes what I was looking at and views a whole new teratory. WTF guys. Did you fire all your engineers and hire a bunch of high school kids from china cause they are cheeper? not a whole lot makes sence with the new program. I cant even use it without wanting to punch my keyboard. worthless, I will wait till next year for the revised old version that worked. See you then or wait for a better company to make something that works. This new google earth really sucks. I used to double click and it would zoom in a little, if i wanted more i would scroll. now it zooms in a lot, twists and turns at the same time for no apperant reason. when I try to look at the landscape it completly removes what I was looking at and views a whole new teratory. WTF guys. Did you fire all your engineers and hire a bunch of high school kids from china cause they are cheeper? not a whole lot makes sence with the new program. I cant even use it without wanting to punch my keyboard. worthless, I will wait till next year for the revised old version that worked. See you then or wait for a better company to make something that works.

]]> By: Ron Bandiera http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/04/16/new-google-earth-43-released/#comment-201848 Ron Bandiera Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:32:33 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/04/16/new-google-earth-43-released/#comment-201848 I'm another unhappay Google Earth 4.3 person after download. This program will not open and I can't revert back to 4.2.0205 that worked just fine on our 8200 Dell Pentium 4. I've tried numerous time to uninstall and reinstall 4.2(that work before), but still nothing. Do you have a fix? I'm running XP SP3,2.4 Gh Penium, 64mb Nvidia 4200 ti, 768 mb of Ram and has never been a problem until I was asked to update to 4.3 Google Earth. I’m another unhappay Google Earth 4.3 person after download. This program will not open and I can’t revert back to 4.2.0205 that worked just fine on our 8200 Dell Pentium 4. I’ve tried numerous time to uninstall and reinstall 4.2(that work before), but still nothing. Do you have a fix? I’m running XP SP3,2.4 Gh Penium, 64mb Nvidia 4200 ti, 768 mb of Ram and has never been a problem until I was asked to update to 4.3 Google Earth.

]]> By: Dice http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/04/16/new-google-earth-43-released/#comment-201643 Dice Sat, 09 Aug 2008 14:08:33 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/04/16/new-google-earth-43-released/#comment-201643 New Google Earth 4.3 won't launch on my PC, this stinks. Old version 4.2 worked great! New Google Earth 4.3 won’t launch on my PC, this stinks. Old version 4.2 worked great!

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