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Well, lets hear what CCP FoxFour have to say about his/her overlays

Sorry if this has been asked, but how do I cause EVE to send my links to the Overwolf client (which is working great for TS3), instead of my desktop Firefox?

Short answer? You don't. You might try dragging them into the notepad if your new browser can pick them up from that.. I just downloaded that thing. I'm not sure I trust those people, though. They look like your typical
deluge with clicktraps folks.

This is taking something very unique away from this game. This is taking such a big part of the immersion away from the game. Stop trying to make shooters, put down the VR goggles, and get back to making the best online game ever made. You guys did that before, remember?

That's why I'm using pale moon and vivaldi. But that doesn't really fix the problems with CREST not working properly nor issues for people with one monitor.

On-top functionality for a normal browser might actually be a lot better solution than any kind of weird overlay browser as they all look like malware peddling sites to be honest.

As a player I'm actually pretty bummed that the IGB is being removed. It's a great tool and most importantly, it's fast and convenient, which allows a more immersive and enjoyable experience while playing the game. Perhaps one of the overlays can be a suitable replacement but honestly alt-tabbing and even a second monitor are inferior to using the IGB. There are times and places where you have to be constantly aware of what's going on around you and being able to pull up the IGB while keeping an eye on local or that gate can mean the difference between winning and dying. Moreover, the browser and the Eve related websites become part of the game.

The IGB was never presented as or operated as a fully functional modern browser. I think that it's great at its role and if people can understand and accept that it's intended for a limited range of use related to game play, then there will be no complaining about missing features. I remember when the IGB was released and people complained that it didn't support Flash. So while I have never watched a YouTube video on the IGB, I have over the course of my career used it to:

a) Look up game information and ship fittings when I was a noob at E-Uni
b) Look up the wormhole system I was in and w-space info in general when I blundered in there as a noob by accident
c) Used it in null sec to pull up maps so I could navigate the jump bridges and get around
d) Used it in null during long tower shoots to keep my sanity
e) Used it in pvp and gate camps to pass along target k-boards, k-mails in general, evewho info, amusing gifs, and more
f) Look up market information when I was either shopping or selling something
g) Went to the Eve Online store and bought merchandise ;)

The list probably goes on, but nope, I never watched one YouTube video. I have no complaints about that either. The bottom line is that IGB is fast and efficient in a pvp environment; alt-tabbing will eventually kill you and a second monitor still requires you to take your eyes off of the screen. In other areas of the game it is still incredibly convenient and allowing you to access information from inside the client allows a longer and more consistent Eve experience if not a more immersive one.

I really think you should re-examine the position that the IGB is an optional piece of the UI that can be simply discarded "to make Eve more awesome". You know what's awesome in Eve? The ability to open up a browser inside the game and use it as you're playing. No, really. It's actually an awesome thing. I say this with complete seriousness -- you guys could've charged for having access to the IGB as a addon to the game client and people, myself included would've happily handed over money for it. If you guys said that you're dropping the free IGB but now there will be a reasonably priced and supported paid version instead, there are many Eve players who would go for it. Look at the ridiculously priced stuff in this game that people spend their money on; it's not hard to imagine that people would buy something they found useful and/or aided their gameplay. I think you should look at the IGB as an asset and not a liability.

HAVE NO FEAR Private Browsing is here!
Corporal punishment, major damage and general mayhem may also be present.

( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EPz-q_gT5A )

Something which I've had pointed out to me, which may be of use for mac users:

http://heliumfloats.com/

Floating browser window, with customizable translucency, and it doesn't intercept clicks through it (when translucent)

I'm not a mac user, but it may be of interest to people.

This what happens when u take more PMs and less Programmers...

Has anyone found an overlay that doesn't have serious drawbacks compared to the gimpy but still enormously useful IGB ?

If this doesn't exist, then what's wrong with just keeping the IGB for those of us who find it quite useful on a daily basis?

You could hide it from the NeoCom for new & existing players if you think the IGB is some kind of embarrassment, and put a check box to use the IGB in the Options screen under "Old Unsupported Features".

So if people decide themselves to turn it on and use it, they know what they see is what they get and presumably won't send any (or send much fewer) support requests regarding it.