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• raju 18y ago
  That was essentially the reason I found this interesting. Considering (as another comment correctly states) Gmail has been in Beta for 4 years. Google almost singlehandedly started the "perpetual beta" mantra, and suddenly, Chrome, which happens to be a complex piece of software, is out of beta. Makes me think... Why?
  • d0mine 18y ago
    Because It is a desktop software, not a web application.
  • johns 18y ago
    Chrome has been in development since spring of 2006. It has been around much longer than it has been public.
  • grag 18y ago
    Just a guess, but they may feel that having the beta label on a downloadable app tends to turn people off, whereas people don't mind beta web apps (its the norm and they won't screw up your system).
  • Lagged2Death 18y ago
    It could be something simple. It could be that the people who decide whether Gmail is a beta or not aren't the people who decide whether Chrome is a beta or not.
• mdasen 18y ago
  With Gmail, if something is wrong in the code, they can fix it and everything is fine in a matter of hours/days. With Chrome, if there's a problem in the code, they can fix the bug, but then it could be months or years before people actually upgrade Chrome. Desktop software requires a higher standard because you can't just fix things that are wrong.
  • skuzins 18y ago
    Chrome actually updates itself automatically in the background.
    • chime 18y ago
      Tell me about it. GoogleUpdate.exe keeps coming back no matter what I do.