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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 si
by 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 agoBecause It is a desktop software, not a web application.
- johns 18y agoChrome has been in development since spring of 2006. It has been around much longer than it has been public.
- grag 18y agoJust 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 agoIt 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.