Google's Chrome Web browser is coming out of beta testing, according to a US report yesterday.
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Marissa Mayer, Google's vice president of user experience, told TechCrunch as much in an interview at Le Web 08, according to the report. However, there was no word about when the move might take place.
Taking the browser out of beta could fulfill Google's ambition to let business partners, such as computer makers, bundle Chrome on their systems. Google launched the first beta version in September.
However, Chrome is still rough around the edges. New Chrome developer releases arrive frequently to stamp out bugs. Hotmail only works with Chrome if users launch it with a particular command-line option to fool Microsoft's e-mail site into thinking it's not using Chrome.
Chrome works only on Windows for now, though Google is working on a Mac version and a Linux version. Google didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
Separately, TechCrunch reported that Mayer said Google planned to include an option in the first quarter of 2009 to turn off the new SearchWiki feature, which lets people customise their own search results.
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