With their Chrome web browser, Google has continually been concerned with speed. And now they are speeding up another aspect of it: how often stable constructs are launched. The purpose now is to launch a new stable version of the browser every six weeks — concerning twice as fast as they presently do, Google says. In other words, find ready for Chrome 6, 7, 8, and 9 coming soon.
So why is Google doing this? Because they are making new features so quickly and they wish to make sure all users find them as fast as probable. These quick iterations also will permit Google to have more firmly set schedules for Chrome. And as a outcome, project managers will be able to set realistic goals for sum of work that can be done by a certain time.
But the most substantial thing that Google emphasizes may be the easing of pressure off of their engineering team. Under the old, longer launch model, engineers would be pressured into trying to finish new features before a deadline or risk having them cut and not showing up for months. With the new launch schedule, even if something is not ready to go in one launch, it will only be six weeks until it creates the next one.
Google is also trying to understate the rapid iteration of versions that will be coming:
Since we are going to continue to increment our major versions with every new release (i.e. 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0) those numbers will start to move a little faster than before. Please don’t read too much into the pace of version number changes – they just mean we are moving through release cycles and we are geared up to get fresher releases into your hands!
Google does not that this six week cycle is
“running under ideal conditions,”
so it’s probable it may slip from time to time. Still, it is pretty exciting how fast they will be iterating now. And even if the version numbers do not mean much, the other browsers are going to have to create sure their users find out that, or it may look like Chrome is running laps around them.Google does not that this six week cycle is “running under ideal conditions,” so it’s probable it may slip from time to time. Still, it is pretty exciting how fast they will be iterating now. And even if the version numbers do not mean much, the other browsers are going to have to create sure their users find out that, or it may look like Chrome is running laps around them.
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