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#41
Originally Posted by BrentDC View Post
It wasn't judged fit for a release; it was uploaded to extras-devel not extras[-stable] and came with this in the description field: "This release is for Digia Oyj internal use only. Distribution of this software outside Digia Oyj is prohibited."
I guess my expectations were tracking the initial (current?) claim that this is beta quality.

Since I'm not a techy, I relied on the wikipedia article to understand what "beta" means:

A "beta version" is the first version released outside the organization or community that develops the software
I also (perhaps wrongly) thought that a "beta" quality browser would mean that it would at least not crash immediately on skweezer'd sites.

Anyway, I'd hate to give the impression that I'm trashing the developer. Given how grateful I've been for tear and to Bundyo, I might come of as a someone who would still a kidney for a friend, only to reveal myself as someone who would still my friend's kidney, if he weren't my friend. That's no friend at all.

I'm happy there is another developer of a browser on the scene. I just wish they'd work harder to give us accurate expectations. Bundyo has been amazingly frank in that regard, quite in contrast to Digia's claims.
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Last edited by lm2; 2009-04-15 at 21:17.