18-11-2004, 16:42
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Portable Firefox
Just found this on another forum
http://johnhaller.com/jh/mozilla/portable_firefox/
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Portable Firefox is a fully functional package of Firefox optimized for use on a USB key drive. It has some specially-selected optimizations to make it perform faster and extend the life of your USB key as well as a specialized launcher that will allow most of your favorite extensions to work as you switch computers. It will also work from a CDRW drive (in packet mode), ZIP drives, external hard drives, some MP3 players, flash RAM cards and more. This grew out of a mozillaZine forum topic back in June of 2004. Any comments or questions can be directed there. If you don't get an answer there, you can also contact me. You may also be interested in learning about Portable Thunderbird.
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Here's the link to portable Thunderbird too
http://johnhaller.com/jh/mozilla/portable_thunderbird/
You never know, someone may find it useful to carry their own personal version of Firefox with extensions or Thunderbird around with them to use.
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19-11-2004, 08:37
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Re: Portable Firefox
Thanks paul this is certainly worth some investigation, as I spend hlaf my life fixing PC's having a USB based web browser will be great for those tiems IE gets hijacked by virus and spam stuff..
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19-11-2004, 09:07
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Re: Portable Firefox
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Originally Posted by Millay
Thanks paul this is certainly worth some investigation, as I spend hlaf my life fixing PC's having a USB based web browser will be great for those tiems IE gets hijacked by virus and spam stuff..
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I just think that it's useful to be able to carry a personalised copy of your browser, exspecially if it's one that you know works properly and you are trying to troubleshoot soomeone elses connection 
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19-11-2004, 11:03
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Re: Portable Firefox
Exactly, I have had a USB key for well over a year now, and was wondering of a use for it.. but recently found that putting all my diagnosis stuff on it etc and kepping it on my keys means im ready to go to war against broken PC's portable firefox is just another weapon in my armoury...
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19-11-2004, 11:40
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Re: Portable Firefox
Portable firefox sounds cool! I often use 'live' linux Cds for finding out where system problems lie, though. You can get a whole OS onto a USB stick! 
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19-11-2004, 18:31
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Re: Portable Firefox
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Originally Posted by Plonking
You can get a whole OS onto a USB stick! |
Not XP.
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19-11-2004, 18:40
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Re: Portable Firefox
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Originally Posted by Wayne A
Not XP.
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Yes you can.
for example http://geek.pricegrabber.com/search_...48#description
Xp would fit on there no problem.
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19-11-2004, 19:13
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Re: Portable Firefox
Great idea 
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