The point I'm trying to make is that most of the products we create for the web aren't necessarily ever "finished." You're always attempting to add new features or create new value, right? So I feel like projects are never truly finished.
Yes, projects are truly never finished. But in news you can't spend all that much time refining a package after an event has passed and editors have their sights on other things (excluding truly evergreen items.)
Being a cynic, I'd normally focus on anything labeled 'beta' and disassemble it with a jeer. But, my restraint is there so that I don't miss out on examining things that aren't labeled beta and thus slip under that beta-hating radar.
For example, check out the Guardian's 'favorite foods' map. Make sure to mouseover Mexico and India:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/interactive/2011/jun/...