Do Google 'test' software?

More problems with login changes

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I've just upgraded my login, now that it has all been resolved, and it works OK... except that all my custom reports have been lost. Not a disaster, but an annoyance nonetheless.

In the good old days, software development used to involve a step called "testing" which was used to get rid of the bugs. This came before implementation and user release. In the more recent past, software has released with the label "Beta" to warn users that it hasn't been tested properly. But I'm wondering if the current trends are that neither testing nor using the label "Beta" are necessary - the attitude being 'just give it to the users and they'll find the bugs'.

I don't normally join in the game of griping that goes on here, but perhaps it is getting to me and I'm becoming one of the Grumpy Old Men. Oh, they don't develop software like they used to :-( :-).

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My Adsense custom reports have reappeared (and ones I recreated this week are still there too). Good news in part, but it does add to the impression that the 'live' Adsense system is also being used as a development system.

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Here's an easy way to log in. Make a page on your computer called login.html. This is the code:

<form name="form1" method="post" action="https://www.google.com/adsense/login.do">
<input type="hidden" name="username" value="YOUR USERNAME GOES HERE">
<input type="hidden" name="password" value="YOUR PASSWORD GOES HERE">
<input type="hidden" name="destination" value="">
<input type="submit" value="Google Stats">
</form>