Firefox Portable 1.5.0.6 Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on August 2, 2006 - 8:28pm

Firefox logoMozilla Firefox - Portable Edition (Firefox Portable among friends) has been updated to 1.5.0.6 following the recent bug fix release by Mozilla. For the unfamiliar, it's the popular Mozilla Firefox web browser packaged with a PortableApps.com Launcher as a portable app, so you can take your bookmarks, extensions and saved passwords with you. This new release includes all the new features - and the new name - introduced in the 1.5.0.5 release. Get it from the Firefox Portable homepage.

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Wait, so if 1.5.0.6 is out already, how come when I use auto-update from 1.5.0.5, it doesn't prompt me about it?

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Mozilla often doesn't activate the auto-update in Firefox right away. Sometimes they do it in waves (certain geographical areas at a time). It's not a huge release. Just some fixes for playing Windows Media content.

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Oh well. In any case, I just downloaded the new version so I'm up-to-date. I've never seen such a short period between releases before.

Edit: And wait a minute, how could they do it for only certain areas at a time when the Internet is a global network and everyone has access to anything the minute it's put online?

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Lauren She eats everything! It's like having a goat. A giant, two-Godzillaton goat.
maggie Hey, I resent that remark! I only weigh ONE Godzillaton!
~ Spectacles: Bruce's Story

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I'd guess they're using IP geo-location. The reason for the quick release is that the bug affected the use of several high-profile sites resulting in a poor Firefox experience for folks that like those sites. So, it was given priority and a quick release.

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Using Firefox's autoupdate won't update the FirefoxPortable launcher. If you already have the 1.5.0.5 launcher, then that's fine, because I don't believe John's made any changes to it in 1.5.0.6.

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Hey,

I only want let you to know, that you have a typos in your Firefox Portable Launcher archive on sourceforge.

The newest version should be "1.2.1.1" (or maybe "1.2.1.0"?!).

The news/note entry on your sourceforge project files for the Firefox Portable Launcher shows "1.1.2.1"
The zipfile is named with the same version numbering..

But the NSIS script shows version "1.2.1.1".
The included readme file shows version "1.2.1.0". Biggrin

It's a little bit confusing, because your last Firefox Portable Launcher is 1.1.4.0 (I know it's PortableFirefox, not FirefoxPortable..^^ and older date..).

Just FYI.

best regards,

iNsuRRecTiON

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I inverted the version numbers in the notes and on the name of the zip file.

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hi i nesecit download the Firefox thank you
to and please speaking spanish,i speaking spanish
yes i not speaking english not can entend;thank you (in spanish)(en español)
hola yo nesecito descargar el firefox gracias
a y por favor hablen español,yo hablo español
si no hablara ingles no podrian entenderme gracias.

Como te explico que tu inglés no lo puede entender nadie...
(Man, i don't think anyone was able to understand what you typed)

En fin, acá te paso el link: http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/all.html
(Anyway, here's the link http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/all.html )

Bajá hasta Spanish (Tenés latinoamericano o español)
(Go all the way down to Spanish [there's latam and european])

No se si está el Firefox Portable en español, alguien sabe?
(I don't know if Firefox Portable is available in Spanish, does anybody know?)

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If you need support for this release, head to the Firefox Portable Support page. Read the common issues. If you still need help try searching to see if your issue has come up before. If not, head to the forums. Support requests posted as comments will be removed.

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It Works Exelent (authough i use it as my first Portable Firefox).
Its Good Anyway

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Morgan Stagg

W00t thanks for this Released Smile

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