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SamuelRSmith on 05 September 2008
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NJ5 said:
SamuelRSmith said:
NJ5 said:

It already has major security bugs too... I stopped using it because of that. The lack of extensions doesn't help either.

Definitely a good effort on Google's part, and a solid first version, but not at all ready for prime time yet.

 

 

 That's why it's a BETA


Knowing Google, it will probably remain a beta for many years. Gmail has "been in beta" for 4 years.

In any case, and all excuses aside, Google deserves some bashing for their security problems. They were the ones playing up Chrome as a revolution in secure browsing.

 

 

I was actually aiming the comment at the "prime time" remark, as it isn't meant to be for the primetime. I do feel that Google shouldn't have released the browser in its current state, however, it is just a BETA, and that's a perfectly valid excuse. The problem is, Google has got to such a size, that a on-the-quiet BETA release wasn't really possible (linking to it on their front page didn't help, either).

Gmail has been out of BETA for quite some time, now. But, yeah, it was in BETA for ages. I just think they use it as a backup "Yeah, your computer's fuxx0red, but we aren't responsible because it's BETA".