Hi! I know PA.com already has a few nice portable web browsers (otherwise I wouldn't be using some of them) but I came across Comodo IceDragon and I tought it would be a great idea to make it portable as well.
I mean, I already found it portable, but not on the PA plattform. I hadn't got enough time yet to try to make a PA.com distribution and also I'm not sure if that would be technically possible or even completely legal.
For those who don't know, Comodo IceDragon is based on Firefox even though is not open source, for what I could understand.
It aims for browser-scanned pages (for malware) and it's own DNS service.
This is the official web page:
http://www.comodo.com/home/browsers-toolbars/icedragon-browser.php
And this is the portable version I found:
[link to illegal warez site removed by mod JTH. No illegal software links are permitted here]
(i know it's a competitor web site, I hope I'm not breaking any rule, I'm just trying to help anyone do better than this)
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Sorry you had to remove the link, I only realized what the site actually was about after I posted it.
> link to illegal warez site removed by mod JTH.
That should always be done when the link points to warez main page.
> No illegal software links are permitted here
That should never be done when the link points to freeware alone.
Link to IceDragon, portable or not, cannot be illegal. No pirate
can change its status, because IceDragon is freeware. It does not
need any illegal registration key or a crack, so it cannot become a
warez software.
Many moderators overreact these days. My links to Damn Small Linux
software seldom remain undeleted, because some old fashioned WASP
thinks that "damn" is an undecent word to be censored.
I think portable IceDragon in PAF format should be made soon.
Currently I am using Thinstalled version from a portable freeware
site (no warez there).
Links to freeware can be as illegal as links to commercialware that has been cracked.
Repackaging a freeware app without permission, hosting it without permission, and sometimes even using a Thinstalled version of the app may be against the licence.
All freeware on PortableApps has explicit permission from the original developer except a few rare cases where online installers are acceptable within the licence.
And don't be too sure about your portable freeware site. Do they repackage any PortableApps and pass them off as their own? Illegal. Do they repackage any freeware without permission? Again illegal. Do they even just host freeware files that they do not have permission to host? Just as illegal. Obviously they host Thinstalled freeware - and that is 99% likely to be illegal due to either the apps licence or the Thinstall licence.
Here's a link to an unofficial and non-supported portable version of Comodo IceDragon:
click
I would like to see a portable version of Comodo Dragon because of Iron is scamware, isn't it
click
As of the release of version 16 (and upwards, one hopes), IceDragon setup installer includes a 'Portable version' checkbox - it's the official, supported portable version from Comodo.
Has anyone actually asked if it can be repackaged as PortableApps and they declined?
As discussed in other threads, the browser is nearly always out of date compared to the one it is based on (they have a Firefox and a Chrome one) so there are nearly always unpatched security issues you are vulnerable to. As such, it should simply not be used locally or portably. There is no reason to use this browser.
Sometimes, the impossible can become possible, if you're awesome!
There is one very good reason for using the FireFox version:
It seems to be free of the everlasting " document expired" bug that FireFox has suffered from for many months.
I'd wager you have an extension or setting causing said issue. I've never seen any such bug in Firefox and I use it non-stop across multiple systems. Try a brand new fresh install of Firefox Portable and don't change any settings or add any extensions or themes and it will likely be immune to the bug as well.
Sometimes, the impossible can become possible, if you're awesome!
I've just updated from XP to Win10, and the FireFox "document expired" bug persists. Other people seem to have the same problem as reported in different forums.
I only use 4 addons, NoScript, AddBlockPlus, WOT, and Yahoo Mail Hide Add Panel, nothing else.
I'll stay away from FireFox until it's fixed properly.
Upgrading your OS won't affect things one way or another. As I mentioned above, the issue is with your extensions and settings. Please try a clean copy of Firefox Portable installed right to your Desktop directory (no settings changes, no extensions) to prove that is the case. Then it's a matter of figuring out which of your extensions is causing the issue. Both NoScript and AdBlockPlus can cause this with the wrong configuration as can a handful of custom settings in Firefox's about:config panel.
Sometimes, the impossible can become possible, if you're awesome!