Jason Levine
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Re: With broadband connection; not useful product
said by GOLFnSUN  :I think Google froze new downloads, not because of the fact it was beta, but because it wasn't a useful product for broadband and because many users saw serious security issues. That could be. Google Labs (where the Web Accelerator was launched) is a spot for Google to put up conceptual tests that may or may not pan out into their own "Google application." Right on Labs.Google.com, they say that the applications "are still in the beginning stages of development" and "may disappear without warning or perform erratically."
My guess is that someone at Google used their 20% time to develop this and got the green light to toss it up onto the Labs site. Google will most likely end the trial run at some point, take the Web Accelerator site down, but use the underlying technology other areas of their site. (Perhaps integrating some aspects of it into the advanced functionality of the Google Toolbar.)
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