Comments on: NetSuite boasts of Google Chrome support

All NetSuite's customers will be able to use Google's browser by mid-October. What are the odds any are actually clamoring for it?

[alan_06]

I don't understand the reason why software products are already talking about Chrome compatibility while its still in beta.

BTW, does anyone know why Gmail is still in Beta? If a stable version of Gmail is not possible yet, when are we going to see the stable version of Chrome ;-)
I wonder if the beta flag offers any legal excuses.

[Imalittleteapot]

Um...Let's see.
Excuse 1. Google doesn't lie like other software companies. When they have an unfinished product with bugs in it they tell the truth and label it beta like it should be. Not like other companies that try to pass off a beta product as finished.

Excuse 2. Um. Perhaps beta on Gmail doesn't mean what we think it means. Maybe Gmail isn't in beta. Perhaps the product is just called Gmail Beta and we all just assumed it was still in beta?

Excuse 3. It's out of beta, but they just forgot to change the logo?

Excuse 4. Perhaps the version number is only known internally to the Gmail team. So it is beta, but it's like version 20 beta? So, see it's still in beta, but it's not 1.0. It's version 20.

Yeah, I don't really know, and I don't think anyone but the people at Google know. It should have been out of beta by now.

[pauljweighell]

it's not that business is unadventerous or conservative as much as there is no business case for moving from one free browser to another free browser. if Windows comes with free browser A and one can access all the net apps one needs using it then why waste staff time / money changing to browser B? who would that imporve the bottom line? the latest hot browser may show utube or myspace a little faster but who cares? that stuff is just kids fashion and not a financial business tool for most companies anyway. as you say, netsuite just got a free plug by using chrome as a tag.

[PaulLima]

Alan, Netsuite really built their application to be platform independent so the reality is that they had very little to do when it came to making NetSuite able to work in new browsers. The underlying architecture allows adapting to new browsers quite simple, so sure, they are making a little noise about that, but it's not because they are making a large investment to rush to something trendy.

I work for Lima Consulting Group, NetSuite implementation partners, so of course that makes us bias (LOL) so in the interest of full disclaimer you know. With that said, NetSuite announcing the integration to Chrome is more of a function of them capitalizing on smart architecture rather than a rush to jump on a trend.

[Nocturnal2]

It's unfortunate that the IE team will not fix a known bug with Netsuite and IE8. There is no way users who wish to use IE8 and Netsuite together will be able to use the drop down boxes that use Javascript.

I opened up a new bug with them a few months ago and they as of today closed it as not being reproducable. This is very unfortunate as I really like IE. I guess I'm going to have to stay with 7 or move towards using FireFox. I guess there is a reason why MSFT continues to lose market share in the browser arena on a monthly basis.