Why do YOU use PFF?

School, Library, work, friends and relatives, kiosks, and anywhere that I want to browse MY way, and not be foreced to use IE. Same for most portable apps. I take what I use where I go. But I did use most of these apps before I found them portable.

Most the computers I have access to have Firefox already installed, and the ones I don't I would have no problem doing so. No, the reason I use PFF (I'm sorry but I refuse to use the now-"proper" FFP abbreviation) is for the configuration portability. I like having my bookmarks and settings everywhere I go without having to duplicate them on every machine I might use. Granted, I could use that Google sync extension to get the same thing, but I like having the settings always available no matter what.

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Lauren She eats everything! It's like having a goat. A giant, two-Godzillaton goat.
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I like to have the same configuration at home and at work. No trying to remember what was installed or configured.

I use it wherever I can, and because everything is there. The beauty of Firefox's customizability (and existence!) is with me wherever I go. And why is the adjective after the noun now?

All the machines I use (at home, at college we all have our own laptops, and at work) I have authorization to install a copy of Firefox - so that isn't a problem. I use Firefox Portable because it allows me to set up ONE copy of the browser, and take it everywhere - mainly for extensions, but also bookmarks. But, I also maintain my own installation of SiteBar - http://www.sitebar.org - an online-bookmark system, but:

1) works with any browser
2) runs on MY server - no worries about it being hosted by a 3rd-party, or agreeing to their "Terms of Service"

I combine the two: SiteBar, and Firefox Portable, for the ultimate win!

Two reasons:
1) When I check my email in some obscure Internet Café I feel safer if I don't have to type any password (they are saved and locked with a master password inside PFF)
2) I can take my bookmarks but better yet, I can have a group with all pages I want to check in a session and open them at once, each in its own tab!

Bringing along firefox means bringing along the extensions. For me, a good extension is Mozilla Calendar. With it I can view my Google calendar offline.

With portability - I can now view my Google calendar offline and bring it along and view it on any computer even without an Internet connection.

Update: I use this software along with all other portables because I'm the sort of person who always formats my HDD when things get slowww. Now I keep the portables on my secondary drive, so when I format the primary drive and reinstall my OS, I still have everything on the other drive working with one click! Now, I sound like a commercial or what, but I guess this is only so because this - THESE, are all great apps. No CDs to reinstall on my reformat over and over again - Just my portable apps.

As said before, I use it so I can reinstall my PC easilly, and to move it to any other PC.
I just would like to know to change this back:
"Form Info Saving Disabled"

Any ideas?

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<rant>I use FFP because of my school. It allows me to edit my website where ever without having to sign in where ever I go. Securtiy is also an issue. I know that FF in general is better at handling html errors than IE and allows me to set which websites I want to set cookies. In general I don't want to be the person that causes a system crash on a school computer. </rant>

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Windows is so hopeless...A friend of mein hooked up a mac router to my schools network and the network promptly crashed...Case in point.
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I use it because:

1. It's faster than Internet Explorer (except for initialization time)
2. It bypasses some of the content filters
3. Internet Explorer is too slow to access Wikipedia

English && programming !mix

I use Portable Apps because...

I use a:
- Laptop at home
- My daughters PC at home
- Main PC at home
- My neighbor's (when they need a PC fixed)
- PC in my office at work.
- My boss's PC to transfer files too large for email.

Apps I find useful in multiple locations:
- FFP for U3 (by John of course)
- TBP
- PStart
- SignupShield for U3
(I have many more apps on my drive but these are the ones that I use day to day)

As for the main question - I like FFP #1 because I hate having to remember which PC I am on when I go to bookmarks/favorites. Plus FFP along with SignupShield keeps all my passwords for me in a relatively secure and accessible way.