Google has barely released Chrome 1.0, but the company is already hard at work on version 2.0 of its web browser. They released a pre-beta for Chrome 2.0, which comes with a lot of new features, including ones that should've already been in Chrome 1.0. In addition, it seems as if the Mac and Linux versions of Chrome are getting closer.
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Member since:2005-07-06
I'd agree with that. As I said, I like Chrome, and yes, it's great that they update often. In some ways, having small updates is easier for users to deal with versus a large scale change where so many things have changed it's difficult to get your bearings.
My point is though, compare version 1 (which itself was hardly feature complete) to the forthcoming version 2. Does it warrant a whole version number? Not from what I've seen so far. v1.5 at the very least.
Member since:2008-04-10
I know there's an etiquette to observe when assigning version numbers to your software. Major internal updates get a number before the point, while minor internal or interface changes get one after it, but really, it's their software. If they want to call it 2.0, I won't begrudge them that. It seems like a pretty big internal change to enhance existing CSS support and switch to completely different HTTP code. This is pre-beta, maybe the final release of 2.0 will have enough visible feature changes to justify that number.
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2006-08-02
Their strategy is "release early, release often". I don't know about other people, but I like it. They can get feedback on new features more quickly and enhance the quality more rapidly. Would you prefer it if they waited a year before releasing a new version that's packed with new features?