beta-testing 6

I just upgraded from Firefox 3 Beta 4 to Beta 5. It’s amazing how unstable Beta 5 is compared to the earlier version. Gmail crashes. Google maps crashes. Almost every other site I visit crashes. And looks like I’m not alone: doing a Google search for “Firefox 3 beta x crash” shows a consistently increasing number of results. ![Number of Google search results for Firefox 3 Beta crashes, by Beta version](https://quickchart.io/chart?cht=bvs&chs=300x200&chd=t:12300,17200,24400,48700,151000&chds=0,150000&chtt="Firefox 3 Beta x crashes": Google results&chco=dbdbff&chg=20,33,1,5&chbh=40,10,10&chxt=x,y&chxl=0:|Beta 1|Beta 2|Beta 3|Beta 4|Beta 5|1:|0|50,000|100,000|150,000) ...

I have 6 gmail invites available. Mail me if you’re interested (and WHY you’re interested in gmail).

Bruce deserves Gmail. Context: Google has invited active bloggers on Blogger.com to use Gmail Beta. Bloggers who joined post facto have not been invited. (I can empathise with what Bruce feels.)

news.google.com. Still in Beta, and a little unimpressive, but as with most things at Google, likely to become a de facto search engine.

Download StarOffice 6.0b if you’re looking for an alternative to Microsoft Office that’s free (at least the beta is).

Archives of old versions of programs. As opposed to Beta versions.