Gmail Finally Comes Out Of Beta

Awwww they grow up so fast.

@Geisrud: Or rather, we really got to know ye... and you haven't changed a bit.

@biggerx: that's fucking awesome!! mine is back in beta too. thanks

and couple of little heart icons for the two of you.

@Neil Wipf:

Awesome. My Gmail is now back in beta. Thanks for that.

biggerx

still beta in germany!

petezake

Any idea when Outlook will die?

New Lab:

Back to Beta
by Darren

Soothes the soul by putting the familiar beta sticker back on the Gmail logo.

Matronix

Oh, it's V1.0 now? Sorry, I never use 1.0 versions, too buggy; I always wait until V2.0. Expected in the year 2100.... maybe.

AreWeThereYeti

PLEASE FRINGING build a button to switch email listing by Chronological order or by thread.

pipper

now Google will charge its millions of dependent users to use Gmail v. 1.0

That part in the Simpsons where Snake Jailbird is dismayed with his recent acquisition of a now obsolete tape recording system finally got to them?

I thought google just wanted to keep it in beta for...ever

SAfiftyseven

@YourTechSupport: Perhaps we should ask when it's *going into* beta.

I actually thought the product name was "Gmail beta".

Well this changes everyth....well, actually nothing.

NurseDave

@Itspeat!: Just kidding, they got this shit on the lockdown

Holy Crap. So wait does that mean that bugs and issues are no longer technically allowed since they are expected in betas but not in finished products?

I hope you know what you're doing google

@Alduron: Exactly what I was thinking.

@OMG! Bacon!: So-long Fair Beta. Alas, we barely knew ye...

@Geisrud: Not to be confused with Wolfram Alpha, which feels very much like a "beta" product.

@frijolito: You can always click on the Older Version link in the top right, that one is still in Beta.

Purple Monkey Dishwasher

Any idea when Outlook come out of beta?

Just making sure it was really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really stable! Thanks Google :)

fastm3driver

Wow, has hell frozen over? Just kidding.

Seriously though, are the labs features sorted in some way? The "Back to Beta" feature is stuck smack dab in middle of all the other, older options. I guess it would make too much sense to sort the labs features by alphabet or release date?

@Kaiser-Machead: Hey! A freezer geezer!

It was a bit silly to be in Beta for so long when it was not very buggy and worked better than most other free email providers. Maybe it was a deliberate spelling mistake for better.

Yeebles

@Kaiser-Machead: Most people might be confused by your comment. I lawled. I feel the same way.

tok3ninja; is still in Beta

@GlenTen: If something breaks all they have to say is "it's in beta, f you."

tok3ninja; is still in Beta

@OMG! Bacon!:

Just did the same, logo changed ... thats about the only change I see!

My God I did it. I did it! I put myself in a deep freeze and I went forward through time! Matt? That you? Whooo! Time has ravaged your once youthful looks.

mmmm..moon pie. What a time to be alive...

Kaiser-Machead

It's still retarded that I can have video chat in gmail but not in gtalk? And I don't see how typing someones name in instead of using check boxes in gmail contacts is faster. The fact that this option is not there stops me from forwarding anything... I guess maybe that's a good thing.

Cliff_Dangers

Just refreshed my Gmail account. It went from "GMAIL by Google Beta" to "GMAIL by Google"

I am kinda surprised. I thought they would be in beta forever.

@Clancycoop: They are actually creating the option for you to keep the logo with the "beta" tag in Labs.

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Neil Wipf

I thought it was called Gmail Beta; everyone just called it Gmail for short.

Is this late April Fools?

joandrade

Gmail was technically in beta? Dang I need to read more.

Raspberyl's Lover

I think they should keep the Beta tag on it.

Okay not really, I just know everyone will say "about time!"

Sweet jeebus, finally. I swear to you that I was just considering this trend yesterday and how google pretty much pioneered it.

Is there some legal reason why so many websites slap a "beta" label on their work? I remember flickr had "Gamma" there for while.

......Wow......

Alduron