MetaFilter posts tagged with beta

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sciurus — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 06:08:15 -0800

Google Asks: "What Would Email Look Like, If It Were Invented Today?"

zarq — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 07:45:13 -0800

Google began inviting volunteers to a public preview test of their new Wave web-based collaborative email and document communications platform yesterday, which enables users to "communicate and work together in real time." Initial reviews this past May seemed positive. (Previously) Features include real-time collaboration, (including concurrent editing and control of each "wave" thread,) natural language tools and a variety of APIs which users can use to embed content in other sites. Google Wave Developer Preview at Google I/O 2009 (80min video -- an abridged 10 minute version is here. Wave login page is here. Google Wave Federation Protocol is an open source project for developers. The WSJ reports that invites are now for sale on EBay. Something similar happened when Google launched GMail in 2004.

A different kind of grey scale

Brandon Blatcher — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 11:19:03 -0800

This drawing toy responds to volume.

NFB beta...

bonobothegreat — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:38:59 -0800

The NFB beta is worth exploring... You'll find some lovely old chestnuts like Mindscape, or The Romance of Transportation in Canada...the quality is generally good enough to watch in full screen mode if you choose a higher streaming speed under "options".

Searchme - Visual Search Engine

xod — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:10:50 -0800

Searchme is a search engine that displays results as images of web pages.

Last.fm beta. Again.

nthdegx — Wed, 21 May 2008 08:30:19 -0800

Last.fm is inviting subscribers to test the new Last.fm beta. Features include a fully visible library down to individual tracks and charts updated in real time. People seem to dislike the new visual design. There's more discussion at the Last.fm beta group.

Start the Conversation

dhammond — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 23:32:53 -0800

Frrvrr uses cutting-edge technology to identify topics you might be interested in based on your browsing history, public records, health records, email activity, legal filings, and web profiles.

Web Trend Map 2008 Beta.

signal — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 18:59:55 -0800

Web Trend Map 2008 Beta.

Web 2.0 clichés abound in Yahoo! Oz's new search product

Milkman Dan — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 08:39:20 -0800

Yahoo! Australia introduces a new search engine that uses OpenSearch and pretty little AJAX tricks to integrate results from Flickr, Wikpedia, YouTube (and so on). You can customize the layout, and even add your own search sources. It’s called Alpha, it’s currently in Beta, and aims to get through the rest of the Greek alphabet by June. (Via podlob.)

Beta Is SO Passe

keswick — Tue, 16 May 2006 11:02:36 -0800

Gamma is the new beta. Web 3.0 is here, via the new Flickr interface. And it's sexy.

Museum of Modern Betas

ph00dz — Sat, 28 Jan 2006 13:11:57 -0800

The Museum of Modern Betas lists the newest in web 2.0 kinda stuff. Blog? Check. Feeds? But of course. Tags? You betcha.

nsfw http://tinyurl.com/5aqry nsfw

Dean Keaton — Sat, 29 Jan 2005 04:42:49 -0800

NNDB is an intelligence aggregator that tracks the activities of people we have determined to be noteworthy, both living and dead.

How many fingers in how many pies?

ashbury — Thu, 11 Nov 2004 05:23:28 -0800

Microsoft has unleashed their internet search engine to the world. It currently isn't working, at least for me. Is it wrong of me to wish it stays that way?

Creature House Expressions

bz — Wed, 09 Jun 2004 13:57:29 -0800

Microsoft is giving away a nifty piece of software. It's the beta of Expressions 3 by Creature House, something I used to use back in my Mac days but hadn't heard anything about in a long time. Apparently MS bought Creature House last year. I downloaded it (after filling out a somewhat arduous survey/profile thingy) and think it a nice drawing program. Both Mac and Win versions are posted.

crunchland — Mon, 05 Aug 2002 06:36:27 -0800

Every drug dealer knows you give away the first hits for free. Earth & Beyong Free Beta & Magic : The Gathering Online free test drive. [details inside...]

darukaru — Fri, 15 Mar 2002 21:59:24 -0800

Google continues march towards world domination with Google News. "Google's News Search (BETA) service presents information culled from many of the world's news sources collected over the previous week. With continuous updates throughout the day, you'll keep up to date with what's happening now and learn about the stories that led to the most recent developments." Now there's no excuse for posting a CNN link.

Spanktacular — Wed, 16 May 2001 18:18:50 -0800

Beta Blues: Do consumers deserve protection when software companies sell bad or untested code? Is checking for a patch the first thing you do after you install new software? Aren't you tired of being a member of Microsoft's largest beta testing group...the consumer? Read this article and add your opinion to the poll.

corpse — Sat, 29 Apr 2000 07:02:18 -0800

Another Diablo II beta sign-up is this monday. This time they will be taking 100,000 users so maybe everyone will have a slightly better chance of getting selected. (I doubt it)

mathowie — Fri, 31 Mar 2000 18:49:32 -0800

For all the early adopters out there, here's the early Netscape 6 beta which is 16 Mb and runs on Win32 systems. The real beta should be out April 5th, and I hear it will be around 5 Mb.

hobbes — Wed, 22 Mar 2000 17:38:02 -0800

My dreams have been crushed... The Diablo II beta selection is over and the results have been posted. A couple people were from towns near mine, but nope, no luck with me...

webshaping — Mon, 06 Mar 2000 18:36:06 -0800

Live Motion BETA by Adobe is open to the public. Looks like a nice tool.

mathowie — Mon, 24 Jan 2000 22:56:35 -0800

Odigo 2.0 is now out, and it fully integrates with ICQ. I just installed it, and it imported a bit too much. All the ICQ users on my ignore list showed up in Odigo, and my renamed friends showed up as their original ICQ names. The status indicators seem to be broken too, but it's beta so I guess that's alright. Of course, nobody uses it, so I don't see any other people when I'm surfing even the most popular sites, but if everyone starts using this new release, perhaps that will change.

tdecius — Wed, 06 Oct 1999 16:16:40 -0800

BetaNews is an interesting resource. It keeps track of beta releases.

I love the beta testing. I wear my Dr. Solomon's shirt all the time. :)