1106310 - Add Google Earth Plugin

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Plugin Check Graveyard :: Database, defect)

Description

[Schalk Neethling [:espressive]]

Add the Google Earth Plugin to the plugins database.

Comment 1

[Schalk Neethling [:espressive]]

Hey Matt,

See above ^^, Thanks!

Comment 2

[Matt Grimes [:Matt_G]]

We are on it. I'll talk to Rachel and Joni today.

Comment 3

[DJ-Leith]

See bug 1101613 comment # 6 for the 'removal of the Google Earth plugin'
from the Plugincheck Database (in November 2014).
Has version info for the Google Earth plugin.

N.B.
When I first read bug 1101613 I misread it.
The list of plugins in bug 1101613 comment # 0 is so similar to the
'list of 37 plugins that Schalk was going to include in the JSON List'
(bug 956905 comment # 75) that I thought the 'list in bug 1101613 comment # 0'
was 'plugins being kept in the Database'.  In fact it is the opposite:
i.e. 'plugins that are going to be deleted from the Plugincheck Database'.

DJ-Leith

Comment 4

[DJ-Leith]

Four points.

1. The Plugincheck Database included the following data about the 
Google Earth plugin, on 2014-09-10, as it appeared in the 'JSON List'.

N.B. This is not 'all the data about the Google Earth plugin' that was
in the Database.
It is only the 'extract as on 2014-09-10 that was exported to the JSON List'.

*** It was NOT the latest version, "7.1.2.2041" is the latest version. ***

Source: bug 1020133 comment # 33

https://bug1020133.bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=8487601

> 0008   */
>        *** Ten lines added here
>        ***  URL:  https://www.mozilla.org/en-GB/plugincheck/ LIVE (for GB)  Date: 2014-09-10
>        ***  Browser: Fx 34.0a2 (2014-09-10) Aurora
<snip>
> 3000      'GoogleEarthPluginFirefox': {
> 3001        'display_name': 'Google Earth Plugin',
> 3002        'description': '',
> 3003        'versions': {
> 3004          'all': {
> 3005            'latest': [
> 3006              {
> 3007                'status': 'latest',
> 3008                'filename': 'npgeplugin.dll',
> 3009                'version': '7.1.1.1580',
> 3010                'detected_version': '7.1.1.1580',
> 3011                'detection_type': '*',
> 3012                'os_name': '*',
> 3013                'platform': {
> 3014                  'app_id': '*',
> 3015                  'app_release': '*',
> 3016                  'app_version': '*',
> 3017                  'locale': '*'
> 3018                }

2. I have checked that "7.1.2.2041", released in October 2013
(build 2013-10-07),
[NOT version "7.1.1.1580" that is in the 'JSON List' - above]
is the latest version.

3. I still have version "7.1.2.2041" and can use it to test the
Plugincheck Website.

(from about:plugins)
>    File: npgeplugin.dll
>    Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\plugin\npgeplugin.dll
>    Version: 7.1.2.2041
>    State: Enabled
>    GEPlugin
> 
> MIME Type             Description      Suffixes
> application/geplugin  GEPlugin

I recommend that you put both "7.1.1.1580" marked "vulnerable"
and "7.1.2.2041" marked "latest" into the Database.

4. The 'JSON List' (above) did not have a URL for Google Earth.

I think the best URL is
http://www.google.com/earth/
The "Download Google Earth" button there will redirect to the
localised version of Google Earth.

For example, the British version of the plugin is at:
http://www.google.com/intl/en_uk/earth/explore/products/plugin.html

DJ-Leith

Comment 5

[DJ-Leith]

I can test this, because I have the Google Earth plugin, when it has
been added back into the Plugincheck Database.

DJ-Leith

Comment 6

[bug.zilla]

I guess this can now be closed:
https://mapsplatform.googleblog.com/2014/12/announcing-deprecation-of-google-earth.html

Since the plugin is no longer offered (as far as I can see) and is replaced with:
https://earth.google.com/web

Comment 7

[u597032]

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