Mozilla Firefox - Portable Edition 2.0 Release Candidate 1 has been released and is now even faster than before. Firefox Portable is the popular Mozilla Firefox web browser packaged as a portable app, so you can take your browser, bookmarks and extensions with you on your USB flash drive, iPod, CD or other portable device. This package allows you to test the new Firefox 2.0 RC 1 release alongside your regular Firefox install without impacting your bookmarks, extensions, settings, etc. This new release uses the new faster launcher introduced in the Firefox Portable 1.5.0.7 release. Grab a copy today from the Firefox Portable 2.0 RC 1 homepage.
New: System Informer (Apr 21, 2024), Platform 29.4 (Apr 10, 2024)
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What's new in the launcher in this version?
This came out pretty quickly after 1.5.0.7's new launcher. Are there any new significant improvements in this launcher?
Please re-read
Re-read this sentence: "This new release uses the new faster launcher introduced in the Firefox Portable 1.5.0.7 release."
Thank you for this. I
Thank you for this. I really like the Beta, but I also loved the Intelligent Startup (works great with TBP!).
Now I have both in one.
The load time is amazingly short!
Thank you,
Timothy
2.0 betas all self-updated
My 2.0 beta versions all self-updated without a hitch.
I love this program.
New launcher
Grab the new release and extract it right over your current one anyway. (You won't lose any data) The new launcher is much faster.
Thanks for the hard work
Thanks for the hard work in creating these portable apps. I really like taking my firefox wherever i go. Works great so far.
Thanks again Jon, its
Thanks again Jon, its excellent!
LOL
You spelt John wrong
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R McCue
PortaBlog Home and My Website
And before anyone complains about the grammar, I'm so jetlagged that my
hands aren't even in the same time zone...
Scared me for a second...
You scared me there for a second. I was reading about the changes to the new launcher and saw "dropped support for all alternate INI locations." I thought you meant you'd dropped the ability to use custom directories using the INI. Needless to say, I was very relieved when I downloaded the new version and saw custom directories were still supported. Anyway, great job on the new launcher, and I love Firefox 2.0 RC1. The interface is way better than the one in Beta 2. God, what ever gave them the stupid idea that toolbar buttons with no hover bevel were a good idea, I'll never know.
Oh, and what exactly does "Intelligent Start" do, anyway? I can't find any documentation on it, other than that it's supposed to improve loading time.
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Tracks location
It tracks the location that your profile was last used from. If it's the same, it won't rewrite the chrome.rdf (if there is one) and calendar extension bits (if used) and it won't force Firefox to rebuild its component registry. The result is greatly increased start time on 2nd (3rd, etc) launch on the same PC and if you happen to move to another PC that gives you the same drive letter.
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Excellent!
I change my iPod shuffle to be drive M: on every computer I have administrative privileges with, so this feature will definitely be of benefit to me. As usual, another great release!
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< ExplosivePrincess 1.5 Atomic Bomb Edition >
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Hey Bruce,
are you back now, or was that your little "cameo"?
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R McCue
PortaBlog Home and My Website
And before anyone complains about the grammar, I'm so jetlagged that my
hands aren't even in the same time zone...
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Cameo. The programming of my game is taking longer than I anticipated.
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