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Google Chrome is coming out of beta

Saw this today on techcrunch: Google takes Chrome out of Beta. I had to chuckle - how quickly Chrome came out of beta... This is from the company that invented the perpetual beta. What - you didn't notice that Gmail is still in beta?

Chrome lasted three months before the beta was made official. I like Chrome but, until they support add-ons a la Firefox then it's just not going to happen. I'm not a huge Firefox fan (anymore) but the add-ons simply make browsing better. Rumors are that Google is adding support for add-ons but really - until there is a standard "Browser Add-on Specification", we're likely to see the same thing in browsers that we see for the mobile phone market: fragmentation; companies that choose the iPhone for developments instead of creating three sets of code - one each for the iPhone, Blackberry and Android phones.

Sorry - no real info here... Just had a laugh and thought I would share!

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Image by Eric Gillin. Originally appeared in Esquire.com's article, Why Is Gmail Still in Beta?
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