Good Bye! to Beta
Google has removed the 'BETA' label from its very famous email service called Gmail. This is also applicable to Google Calendar, Google Docs, Google Talk, and Google Video for Business. The move is seen as a way to attract large businesses to Google Apps (its suite of messaging and productivity applications).
Released on April 1, 2004, Gmail was still in beta five years and tens of millions of users later.
According to Google it has beefed up the Google Apps suite by adding offline access to e-mail and calendars and streamlining access to Google Apps for BlackBerry users.
Google also says that its Web-based messaging platform is now more compatible with Microsoft Outlook and it has improved contact management for Google Apps.
What is Beta ?
The term "beta" refers to a piece of software or web application that's still being developed.
Expect problems with betas and you won't be surprised, but enjoy the thrill of being among the first to use a new bit of software.
If you don't like those kinds of thrills wait until the software is "out of" beta.
The beta version of a software release is considered to be a preview. It has all the standard features, but is not yet ready for wide release or sale. During this point, the company will collect feedback from users about the product's usability — what they like and what should be changed — before the product's wide release.
What Google representatives say ?
.......... by no means does the removal of the beta label mean Google will stop innovating and experimenting with new features offered through Google Labs for Gmail, Google Calendar, and other Google App services. They say existing Google Labs users can re-enable the beta label for Gmail from the Labs tab under Settings.
Reference:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=19&entry_id=43121
Google has removed the 'BETA' label from its very famous email service called Gmail. This is also applicable to Google Calendar, Google Docs, Google Talk, and Google Video for Business. The move is seen as a way to attract large businesses to Google Apps (its suite of messaging and productivity applications).
Released on April 1, 2004, Gmail was still in beta five years and tens of millions of users later.
According to Google it has beefed up the Google Apps suite by adding offline access to e-mail and calendars and streamlining access to Google Apps for BlackBerry users.
Google also says that its Web-based messaging platform is now more compatible with Microsoft Outlook and it has improved contact management for Google Apps.
What is Beta ?
The term "beta" refers to a piece of software or web application that's still being developed.
Expect problems with betas and you won't be surprised, but enjoy the thrill of being among the first to use a new bit of software.
If you don't like those kinds of thrills wait until the software is "out of" beta.
The beta version of a software release is considered to be a preview. It has all the standard features, but is not yet ready for wide release or sale. During this point, the company will collect feedback from users about the product's usability — what they like and what should be changed — before the product's wide release.
What Google representatives say ?
.......... by no means does the removal of the beta label mean Google will stop innovating and experimenting with new features offered through Google Labs for Gmail, Google Calendar, and other Google App services. They say existing Google Labs users can re-enable the beta label for Gmail from the Labs tab under Settings.
Reference:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=19&entry_id=43121
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