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yes.
overwolf is the only overlay I know of that doesn't block the game simultaneously.

2nd monitor works wonders in that regard. then even netflix works!

Firstly, you are removing a tool CCP that offers the following functionality without the necessity to "alt + tab":
- access to DOTLAN maps,
- access to Providence KOS checker,
- access to Fleet Composition sharing sites,
- access to Killboards for more intel,
- access to Market Price checkers,

and I guess many more developed by the community which you CCP do not offer.

Secondly, you have already removed the clone grades. No fight gives the same adrenaline rush as before.

Thirdly, no jukebox. I have not really listened to EVE music since you removed the option which tracks I can listen to which took a nice feature out of eve. And no, I do not want to bother with out of game players for that.

Moreover, you wanted to be paid at a premium for SKINS and some apparel. Non of which a typical pvper really needs, but it is one of the things that contributes to killing what a great thing EVE was. Everything included in the subscription.

And now the camera gets stuck, EVE crashes like crazy, and you keep adding new content without taking care of previous bugs. I think you have been down that way before, have you not CCP?

Then in your Dev blog you wrote: "We are a games company and our focus is on making EVE as great a game as we can. Integrating a browser into the EVE client takes a fair amount of work to do and more importantly requires a certain level of upkeep."
EVE is not a game if you remember. EVE was supposed to be a toy.
By making a game out of EVE I hope you do get your player base extended, but I do not want to be part of it anymore.

I recently cancelled my subscriptions out of sort of boredom that I did not want to attribute to you directly CCP. Now you give me a reason to keep it that way.
I wish you all the best CCP while secretly hoping you will focus on your player base instead of making the decissions of what is good for us players.

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Trust me ... you will very quickly find more use cases for that. reading documentation on one screen while working on the other comes to mind. watching netflix and chatting on the other. so many things. you have no idea how quickly you get used to that.

Well this royally sucks.

I quite litterally using the IGB every day I play EVE. Dozens of times each play session. (I'm using it right now!)

As for Overwolf, all I know is that in the past (recent past) I've had to close Overwolf entirely, even without using Overwolf in Eve, because having it running in the background would make Eve graphics get all glitchy and especially mess with anti-aliasing for some reason.

Been using Overwolf myself for the past few months without an issue. Care to give it a try? I was also recently told about Evolve (https://www.evolvehq.com/welcome), so maybe give them a try?

2nd monitor ;)

The IGB was one of the standout features for me when I started playing this game, as surprising as that might be. That there was a browser you could use to build websites that properly interacted with the game was amazing to me. There is a whole world of player interaction that will be going away when this is removed.

Sure it was an old and crappy version of chrome and it did not support crazy new web features and debugging the JS was a massive PITA, but it was one of few in-game tools I used regularly. I can't say the same thing about the notepad or the calculator tool. There are out of game tools that do those better, so why are they still in the game?

I understand development priorities don't afford progression of the IGB, but I also can't help but feel that we are losing something great about this game with it gone. I hope Crest will eventually catch up in terms of lost functionality. Things like active ship details, opening in-game windows with pre-filled data/options, etc.

I am lucky enough to have a crazy computer, but I know plenty of people who play this game on a laptop in fullscreen, and they are about to have a lot less funny links to click in local, and have a much harder time managing market orders, contracts, SRP payments, etc.

Many Ingame browsers in general are not secured properly, or are simply thrown into a game as a convenience. The EVE Browser was not much better, and lacked support for a great deal of web content. The time wasted on the IGB is better put towards Crest and API.

Now, it would be cool to see an ingame window that displayed your default browser, or at least the OS Browser (MS Edge, Internet explorer, or Safari) however that may not be possible. It may lead to the same issues as CCP was dealing with before.

Crest is an evolving tool that will likely retain much of the functionality of the ingame browser, in addition to new features created by CCP and your corporate Developers. If there is a capability you would like to see, post it in one of the Features and Ideas threads on EVE Forums or your corporate forums.

As far as viewing out of game, I will note that likely over half of you own some sort of Tablet, iPad, Smartphone, Superphone, or iPhone that you probably have at or near your desk right now... Most of the tools are tied into your API, the second device may be able to address your concerns with Overlays and ALT Tabbing depending on what you need to use and how Crest and API's evolve over the next months!

I will miss the IGB.

I was surprised there is much maintenance at all. Figured 99% of the code would have been managed by a company supplying browser plugin/control module of some sorts.

But I do agree, you should be focusing on the core of Eve and if the IGB was causing undue maintenance time, I guess it is time to move on.