And by lightweight, I mean it uses 2MB of memory, which is actually pretty small for a Mac application these days.
This allows it to be lightweight and fast. The browser window itself is custom in that it is written in Objective C and runs in an XPC service.
It also means that it can be customized to look pretty much like you want it to look, which is always a good thing. This allows you to grab the earth and manipulate it without having to use a whole bunch of different controls and dialogs. In short, it uses a component-based approach to display and navigate in Google Earth. If you want to read about its architecture and some of the design decisions that went into it, you can do so here:
You can download it and run it from any directory on your Mac. The application is available as a tar.gz package.
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