Published at the Editor's Weblog, the blog for the managing editor of the Lee Clarion.
News came today that Google plans to take its new Web browser, Google Chrome, out of beta soon.
Chrome was first released as beta software just three months ago.
Let's compare that with GMail, Google's Web-based e-mail client, which rolled out on April 1, 2004. More than four years later, it's still in beta.
So why is Chrome so impatient and speedy? Or why is GMail such a sloth? What's going on at the Googleplex that the wheels are turning in such a fashion?
Well, GMail needs a little help before it finally becomes mainstream. Google needs to give users an unlimited amount of inbox space (similar to their near-bankrupt competitor Yahoo). Google also needs to allow for image signatures on e-mails.
As for Chrome. It's too simple and simplified. The only thing Google can do at this point is take away features.
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