Google Thursday announced that its Chrome browser would be in a "never-ending" beta test, and gave users three options to update their copies at varying intervals.
Although the search company stripped the beta label from Chrome a month ago, Thursday it said it was revamping how it updates the browser so that some users would essentially be participating in "a never-ending Beta test."
Rather than using just one "channel," the term it has used to describe the update mechanism for not-quite-ready versions of Chrome, Google has shifted to three, Mark Larson, a technical program manager with the company, said in a blog post Thursday.
"The channels are essentially a never-ending Beta test and a continuous feedback loop that lets us rapidly develop new ideas into solid product features," argued Larson. The three channels include stable, beta and developer preview.
More: http://www.pcworld.com/article/156822/article.html?tk=nl_dnxnws
Although the search company stripped the beta label from Chrome a month ago, Thursday it said it was revamping how it updates the browser so that some users would essentially be participating in "a never-ending Beta test."
Rather than using just one "channel," the term it has used to describe the update mechanism for not-quite-ready versions of Chrome, Google has shifted to three, Mark Larson, a technical program manager with the company, said in a blog post Thursday.
"The channels are essentially a never-ending Beta test and a continuous feedback loop that lets us rapidly develop new ideas into solid product features," argued Larson. The three channels include stable, beta and developer preview.
More: http://www.pcworld.com/article/156822/article.html?tk=nl_dnxnws
