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How to kill the IGB

Open that in-game. The "current" (ha!) state just deserves to get removed.

Fixed that for you.
Do you know how many people used your website with the ingame browser? What are you doing now to ensure the same functionality with your website ingame through overlays (or better solutions) or will you just ignore that and let people go the forced inconvenience route from third party programs to clumsily access Crest?

So I'm wasting my Hours for PLEX on this as my subscriptions are cancelled.

The point of this post isn't too keep the IGB at all costs though, but to keep the important functionality it offers NRDS pilots from within the game.

Being an NRDS solo pvp whiner I jump into a 0.0 system full of neuts. In order to check for hostiles without the In-Game Browser functionality I would have to:
- Copy local to clipboard
- Alt+Tab to the external browser
- Paste the results into KOS checker
- Find out that only one of the characters was checked
- Alt+Tab back to game
- Copy one name
- Alt+Tab back to the browser
- Type/Paste the name
- Check which entity is KOS (character, corp, or alliance)
- Copy the name of the entity
- Alt+Tab back to game
- Paste the entity name in some input field
- Link the entity so I can set standings
- Click on the created link in order to set the standing
- Copy another neut's name into clipboard
- Alt+Tab back to the KOS checker
- Paste the pilot name into the KOS checker
- Check if the pilot is KOS and which entity exactly
- and so it goes for each neutral character in the system...
- ...

The current IGB offers the following:
- Copy local
- Paste into KOS checker without having to Alt+Tab
- Click on each red entity to call the show info window
- Set standings on the fly
- Hunt them down

So to sum it up:
In-Game Browser functionality in game = NRDS PVP FUN.
versus
No In-Game Broswer functionality in game = lots of Alt+Tabbing in order to identify who the enemy is and their numbers. Should there be no enemies the whole thing would have to be repeated for every system you jump into meaning lots of administrative Alt+Tab BULL in NRDS while being Safed-up or Ship Spinning in station instead of the pvp.
NO THANK YOU CCP. SUBSCRIPTIONS CANCELLED.

You are mistaken, believing that scripted manipulation of virtual camera using already existing game engine can match the complexity with the development of actual web browser that supports dozens of different technologies, developing independently

We need to decide what it is we want from the built-in browser:

firstly, we need to display simple hypertext documents with images and basic interface support;

secondly - a means of interaction with external services processing API requests;

third - data transfer from external services through a browser into the game (feats, interface settings, standings, etc);

fourth - in the future we would like to see in-game option (via context menu) to export data into the currently active IGB window through a standardized set of variables (character / star system name, fully qualified (region-constellation-system-orbit-satellite) object coordinates, etc);

fifth - the specification of IGB supported standards and features.

All the other bells and whistles can be safely removed - IGB is an expansion tool for data storage / processing, not a full-featured browser.

In this case it is enough to change the browser Chromium at something is simpler, development of that stopped 5 years ago or so it.

Removal of the IGB will probably lead to the same consequence as the Removal of the < 24 skill training que

Would it be possible to have the Necom button launch the system default browser the way links will from now on?

Maybe even as a shell process inside the client so we don't have to deal with Alt+Tab BS on single monitor setups?

So I'm wasting another of my accounts Hours for PLEX.

CCP decided to remove the In-Game Browser for security reasons.

Are those monitors you mentioned free of security risks or would I have to write my own monitor to be somewhat sure of its safety?
If you see my point, why would CCP as a gaming company even require their players to use non-supported 3rd party apps in order to make the most of their game?

You wrote that KOS listings can be distributed. "Can" as there is a possibilty of it but it's not included at this very moment, correct?

But let's say I was going to use a few accounts simultaneously. Would I have to change the used API key in the monitor each time I was using a different account to set my standings? Thus far I did not have to mess with my API key to set my standings for each individual account, as the In-Game Browser was an inherent part of every client...

Also, could you please list those dev blogs that concern setting standings? Perhaps, just perhaps, I'll look into it and write my own monitor in order to be able to play what used to be my favorite game for almost 9 years...

* DEV BLOG > https://developers.eveonline.com/blog/article/crest-updates-for-january-2016

* the multiple api thing is something that is a problem, I did not consider unmerged clients. I would prefer to work with the same contacts over all loaded api chars. Seems the most easy is some kind of filter in the clipboard monitoring based on your char in the list you copy or something. But still, I dont think its around.

* (KOS) I was not assuming they were not, I was just pointing out you can switch platform on them.

* I dont get your point about hours for plex.

Not the best way to engage and try and keep your customers really is it. Surely you want them to be discussing the game to entice them back?

Still, I'm disappointed that there has been no further input from developers since FoxFour's departure, the points raised in this thread have been largely ignored and/or passively aggressively attacked by developers, which is sad to see. The reasons for the removal still don't really add up and this hasn't been addressed either.