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Idea regarding removal of ingame browser

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Jonn Duune
OpSec.
Wrong Hole.
#1 - 2016-07-05 11:58:37 UTC
I know CCP wants to work on removing the in game browser, but this is going to make life difficult for those of us who rely on tools such as siggy and tripwire. I know CCP wants to push crest forward, but I was thinking of an idea...

What about just setting up a shell, and integrating the most recent version of the chrome browser in game? Be it the mobile or desktop version. It would fix CCPs issues with updating the browsers, as that would be handled by the Chrome team (and chrome won't change their APIs and backends to break it in game, so it should be a lot easier to "update it" as needed.

What also works, is that it makes devs that need to use out of game tools have an easier time, as they can interact with the chrome APIs (which siggy works perfectly well on, out of game).

Maybe this is a good "middle ground" solution for the in game browser removal?

My name is Jonn Duune, and I wholeheartedly support the message posted above.
Freelancer117
So you want to be a Hero
#2 - 2016-07-26 19:05:33 UTC
I guess YOU have to trust CCP with your money to one day make some sort of Crest related feature that is somehow replacing the IGB, sadly the Company chose not to do this in the same point release cycle of ripping the browser out of the game Pirate

Crest is what remains of the CEO's highly hyped and anticipated feature called Carbon technology that gave us Incarna,
that was developed further by the current executive producer CCP Seagull and still remains to see any worthy oog application.
source: https://community.eveonline.com/news/dev-blogs/carbon-and-the-core-technology-group/

Regards, a Freelancer

ps: it''s amazing seeing the community picking up so much of the slack the Company has left behind and giving us awesome 3rd party tools to fill in the blanks of the Company's underdeveloped parts of the mmorpg, and they even wanted to make money of that too Twisted
source: https://community.eveonline.com/news/dev-blogs/dev-track-feedback-monetizing-your-apps-and-services/

Eve online is :

A) mining simulator B) glorified chatroom C) spreadsheets online

D) CCP Games Pay to Win at skill leveling, with instant gratification

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Steve Ronuken
Fuzzwork Enterprises
Vote Steve Ronuken for CSM
#3 - 2016-07-26 22:52:34 UTC
I regret to inform you, it's just not that simple. Integrating a browser into a 3d engine takes more than just waving your hands at it, and 'integrating it'.

Bunch of work. And things do change, which would mean CCP would need to check it each time that they integrate a new version, which means a ongoing workload.

They didn't take the decision to remove it lightly. Lots of internal discussion on it.

Woo! CSM XI!

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