Report: Google Chrome 'coming out of beta'

**MIG-31** · Dec 10, 2008, 06:38 PM

Marissa Mayer, Google's vice president of user experience, told TechCrunch's Mike Arrington as much in an interview at Le Web 08, according to the report. However, there was no word about when the move might take place.
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Source: CNet

Iria · Dec 10, 2008, 06:55 PM

Hmmm ... I dunno how something with the version 0.4 and with its extension plans just announced is ready for prime time, esp. with the way Google tends to keep stuff in beta forever. Without many of my Firefox extensions, which Google has said it would try to get "ported" I wouldn't even consider a change.

Iria · Dec 10, 2008, 08:03 PM

I realize now why they want to do this. OEM bundling! Still, the product is waaaaay too buggy for a 1.0 release (check out what you have to do to get Hotmail to work, though this may have been fixed). Seems somewhat unethical to release an "artificial 1.0" just to get deals.

Dec 10, 2008, 06:38 PM	#1
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Dec 10, 2008, 06:55 PM	#2
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 87	Re: Report: Google Chrome 'coming out of beta' Hmmm ... I dunno how something with the version 0.4 and with its extension plans just announced is ready for prime time, esp. with the way Google tends to keep stuff in beta forever. Without many of my Firefox extensions, which Google has said it would try to get "ported" I wouldn't even consider a change.

Dec 10, 2008, 08:03 PM	#3
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 87	Re: Report: Google Chrome 'coming out of beta' I realize now why they want to do this. OEM bundling! Still, the product is waaaaay too buggy for a 1.0 release (check out what you have to do to get Hotmail to work, though this may have been fixed). Seems somewhat unethical to release an "artificial 1.0" just to get deals.