Patchy pixels in Google Earth street view

[m654321]

[color=rgb(34, 34, 34)]@bugfree, many thanks.[/color]  Patchy-pixel problem has now gone with GE version 6.2.1.6014, but you're right it's not as polished as the later series 7 versions, re font & general style.  I also found it to be slower & less snappy than the current 7+ version - at least the pixels look normal!  I wonder if the lack of polish might have something to do with it being a beta version.  I might try any other versions that may exist in series 6 or 7 to see how they compare and post the finds.

Google 'kindly' posted this error message on the screen when my newly installed version 6.2.1.6014 started up.

Code:

404. That’s an error. The requested URL /intl/en/tips/v5/tip4.html was not found on this server. That’s all we know.

The error appears to mean that no help tips from tip number 1 through to 17 are able to be shown. Again, maybe a bug with this beta version.

Thanks also for mentioning Slimjet - looks interesting - I downloaded it and tried it - very snappy and lovely street views. I do feel a bit stuck with Firefox though - old habits die hard . However,  I wonder why synaptic package manager or the ubuntu repositories don't have it?  Is there a reason for that?  For example, how 'safe' is this software, given the malware problems that come with some other freely available software like Adobe Flashplayer...
Mike