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Miss Gmail beta? Gmail launches "back to beta" labs feature

Back to Beta
Gmail has been the butt of many jokes over the past few years, thanks to the "beta" label that would not die. 5 years after Google first launched its email service, Gmail was still considered a beta project. And while it's certainly true that all major email applications and other web apps are works in progress, we're used to seeing the beta label applied to software that's still somewhat unstable.

Well, this morning Google ripped the beta tag off of Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs, and Google Talk. But if you miss the beta label or find it somehow comforting, Google has given us a way to return it to Gmail. Just fire up Gmail and click on the green "labs" icon near the top right corner of your screen. Find the "Back to Beta" feature and click enable. Next time you load Gmail, it will proudly program that you're using Gmail Beta. You know, even though you aren't.

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