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PortableApps.com Platform 12.0 Beta 3.2: Improved Updater/App Store, Modern Theme and More

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Submitted by John T. Haller on April 30, 2014 - 12:33am

PortableApps.com is proud to announce the PortableApps.com Platform Version 12.0 Beta 3.2 release. This third beta in the 12.0 line is a relatively minor update over the current beta. It is designed to continue to test fixes to the updater and app store, refinements to the new theme and menu layout change, updated branding that's more subtle and manual proxy support. Like previous releases, it has automated app updates, customizable folders (categories) in the menu, a full theming engine with multiple chrome styles, the Portable App Directory app store for automatic download and installation of portable apps, find-as-you-type search (just type / or F3) to easily find apps in your ever-growing collection, an improved updater, more-complete translations into more languages and lots more. If you'd like to see more features and functionality keep coming, please read a personal appeal from PortableApps.com founder John T. Haller to help! Read on for all the details...(permalink)

Existing Platform users can automatically update by clicking Help - Check for Updates and getting a fast-install 1MB update patch if they have the beta channel enabled under the Advanced tab in Options.

Mozilla Thunderbird, Portable Edition 24.5.0 (email client) Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on April 29, 2014 - 9:25pm

Thunderbird logoMozilla Thunderbird, Portable Edition 24.5.0 has been released. It's the popular Mozilla Thunderbird email client bundled with a PortableApps.com launcher as a portable app. This release updates Mozilla Thunderbird to the latest release. 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.

Mozilla®, Thunderbird® and the Thunderbird logo are registered trademarks of the Mozilla Foundation and are used under license.

Update automatically or install from the portable app store in the PortableApps.com Platform.

Mozilla Firefox ESR, Portable Edition 24.5.0 (web browser) Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on April 29, 2014 - 9:13pm

Firefox logoPortableApps.com is proud to announce the release of Mozilla Firefox® ESR, Portable Edition 24.5.0. It's the Extended Support Release of the popular Mozilla Firefox web browser bundled with a PortableApps.com Launcher as a portable app It is intended for groups who deploy and maintain the desktop environment in large organizations such as universities and other schools, county or city governments and businesses, as well as the web developers that support them. Individual users should use standard Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition for everyday use. It's a great way to test your sites and extensions in multiple versions of Firefox. 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.

Mozilla®, Firefox® and the Firefox logo are registered trademarks of the Mozilla Foundation and are used under license.

Update automatically or install from the portable app store in the PortableApps.com Platform.

Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition 29.0 (web browser) Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on April 29, 2014 - 12:21am

Firefox logoPortableApps.com is proud to announce the release of Mozilla Firefox®, Portable Edition 29.0. It's the Mozilla Firefox browser bundled with a PortableApps.com launcher as a portable app, so you can take your browser, bookmarks, settings and extensions on the go. This release updates Firefox to the latest release. And it's open source and completely free. It's available for immediate download and bundled on the World's Best Flash Drive: The PortableApps.com Carbide as well as the fast and affordable PortableApps.com Companion.

Mozilla®, Firefox® and the Firefox logo are registered trademarks of the Mozilla Foundation and are used under license.

Update automatically or install from the portable app store in the PortableApps.com Platform.

Iron Portable 34.0.1847.116 (web browser) Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on April 24, 2014 - 11:29pm

logoIron Portable 34.0.1847.116 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.

SWI-Prolog Portable 6.6.4 (Prolog programming environment) Released

Submitted by scriptdaemon on April 23, 2014 - 8:22pm

logoSWI-Prolog Portable 6.6.4 has been released. SWI-Prolog offers a comprehensive Free Software Prolog environment. Prolog is a general purpose logic programming language often used for artificial intelligence and computational linguistics. 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.

Update automatically or install from the portable app store in the PortableApps.com Platform.

Rufus Portable 1.4.7 (format and create bootable USB drives) Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on April 22, 2014 - 4:44pm

logoRufus Portable 1.4.7 has been released. Rufus Portable is a USB formatting utility which also can create a bootable USB drive using a bootable ISO image. This app requires admin rights. 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.

Update automatically or install from the portable app store in the PortableApps.com Platform.

UNetbootin Portable 603 (create bootable Linux USB drives) Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on April 22, 2014 - 12:59pm

logoUNetbootin Portable 603 has been released. UNetbootin allows you to create bootable Live USB drives for Ubuntu, Fedora, and other Linux distributions without burning a CD. This app requires admin rights. 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.

Update automatically or install from the portable app store in the PortableApps.com Platform.

Task Coach Portable 1.3.38 (task management) Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on April 22, 2014 - 11:47am

Task Coach logoTask Coach Portable 1.3.38 has been released. Task Coach Portable is the popular Task Coach packaged as a portable app so you bring your to-do list and task manager with you so you always stay on top of things. This release updates Task Coach 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.

Task Coach is packaged for portable use by the Task Coach developers.

Update automatically or install from the portable app store in the PortableApps.com Platform.

Geany Portable 1.24 (text editor and basic IDE) Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on April 20, 2014 - 4:47pm

Geany logoGeany Portable 1.24 has been released. Geany Portable is cross-platform, GTK based Integrated Development Platform. You can work on simple text files, html, perl, python, NSIS and more with Geany. By using Geany Portable's built path-additions support, you can even configure Geany Portable so that Geany can use the compilers located locally on your flash drive. 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.

Update automatically or install from the portable app store in the PortableApps.com Platform.

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