[PLUG] Same software but different behavior on two hosts

Reid nrwahl at protonmail.com
Thu Jul 25 00:43:10 UTC 2019


Does this help re: units of measurement? https://support.google.com/earth/answer/9010337?hl=en&ref_topic=7364681


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On Wednesday, July 24, 2019 5:36 PM, Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com> wrote:

> I've run firefox and google-earth on my 32-bit desktop for years. Moving to
> the replacement 64-bit desktop requires re-building all packages (not an
> issue for me). But, both firefox and google-earth behave differently on the
> two hosts.
>
> Google Earth on the 32-bit system uses American values for length and
> elevation (feet, miles) while the 64-bit system (Google Earth Pro) displays
> metric values (meters and kilometers). I've not found where units can be
> user-selected.
>
> Firefox on the 64-bit system (with the same few addons/extensions as on the
> 32-bit system) won't automatically play videos. I have not found where in
> Preferences this is controlled.
>
> While Google Earth no longer supports 32-bit versions it would be nice to be
> able to select English or Metric as units for length, height, and areal
> measurements. It would also be nice to find why the 64-bit firefox behaves
> differently from the 32-bit version.
>
> Suggestions for where I should start looking for answers will be quite
> helpful.
>
> Rich
>
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