Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Google Earth Includes a Web Browser
老大很早之前就发现有个DLL了。
"Sometimes when you want more information, you may want to click through to a link to see the full Google Places page for a business, or learn more about a photographer whose photo you really enjoy. In the past, this has required opening a link in an external browser to see the full page. For Google Earth 5.2, we've added an embedded browser that lets you browse the full web. Click on a link, and the browser pane slides across the screen. When you want to return to the Earth view, just click the Back button," explains Google.
Apparently, Google Earth uses a simplified version of Google Chrome and it doesn't include the V8 Javascript engine. I tried to run the V8 benchmark suite in Google Earth and the result was very poor: about 10 times lower than the latest Chromium build.
Sent to you by 参考消息 via Google Reader:
via Google Operating System by Alex Chitu on 6/15/10
Google Earth 5.2 no longer uses the operating system's web browser when you click on links. Google Earth comes with a WebKit-based browser, so you'll never have to leave the application to open a Wikipedia page or the website of a local business."Sometimes when you want more information, you may want to click through to a link to see the full Google Places page for a business, or learn more about a photographer whose photo you really enjoy. In the past, this has required opening a link in an external browser to see the full page. For Google Earth 5.2, we've added an embedded browser that lets you browse the full web. Click on a link, and the browser pane slides across the screen. When you want to return to the Earth view, just click the Back button," explains Google.
Apparently, Google Earth uses a simplified version of Google Chrome and it doesn't include the V8 Javascript engine. I tried to run the V8 benchmark suite in Google Earth and the result was very poor: about 10 times lower than the latest Chromium build.
Things you can do from here:
- Subscribe to Google Operating System using Google Reader
- Get started using Google Reader to easily keep up with all your favorite sites
