Iron Portable 32.0.1750.1 has been released. SRWare Iron is 'The browser of the future' - based on the free Sourcecode "Chromium" - but without some features that privacy advocates object to. This release updates Iron to the latest version. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Platform. And it's open source and completely free.
Iron is packaged for portable use with permission from SRWare.
Update automatically or install from the portable app store in the PortableApps.com Platform.
Features
Iron is based on the open source Chromium source code that the Google Chrome browser is based on. Iron does not include the unique ids, timestamps, custom error pages and other information present in some Google Chrome packages.
PortableApps.com Installer / PortableApps.com Format
Iron Portable is packaged in a PortableApps.com Installer so it will automatically detect an existing PortableApps.com installation when your drive is plugged in. It supports upgrades by installing right over an existing copy, preserving all settings. And it's in PortableApps.com Format, so it automatically works with the PortableApps.com Platform including the Menu and Backup Utility.
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Iron Portable is available for immediate download from the Iron Portable homepage. Get it today!
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Iron Using chrome.exe
Note that Iron is now using chrome.exe for its main process instead of iron.exe and can no longer be run at the same time as Chrome Portable. This is a change in the Iron browser. You can manually set it to run at the same time by altering SingleAppInstance=false within IronPortable.ini in the IronPortable\App\AppInfo\Launcher directory but you will need to manually close all Iron and Chrome instances for the launcher to be able to close.
Disappointing
Disappointing move...
Not Really
Not really overall. I'd wager that people who run Iron alongside Chrome portably are less than 0.1% of their userbase. And there's likely some technical and compatibility (with extensions or the app store) reasons for the change.
I need 3 portable browsers to run simultaneously
I need 3 portable browser profiles simultaneously.
1 Iron, 1 Firefox, 3rd used to be Chrome.
Now what is my best option?
"you will need to manually
"you will need to manually close all Iron and Chrome instances for the launcher to be able to close"
Can you please elaborate on this point? I thought it was always the case that all apps has to be closed before the launcher closes?
no
Some apps only nee a command line parameter set, pointing them to their settings folder. If that is the case, then the launcher can close before the app.
Only apps like firefox where the launcher needs to clean up files / copy things around need the launcher to wait until the app is closed.
Same
Since Iron and Chrome are basically the same browser with different branding now, the launcher thinks that they are still running. So, if you launch Iron and then launcher Chrome, even when you close Iron, the Iron Portable launcher will think Iron is still running since chrome.exe is still in the task list.
lastpass
I have lastpass accounts, one each in iron and chrome (both portable) respectively. I am having the following message for a while
Lastpass is now in offline mode...
Is this related to the above issues as well?
You can also try to start
You can also try to start Iron *before* Chrome.
Also Flash crashes constantly since
new version of Iron came out
Flash charshes on the amazon.com site in Iron Portable 32.0.1750
All the time.