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PortableApps.com Platform 2.0 Pre-Release 2.1 Released: Folders, App Store, Search, Theming and More!

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Submitted by John T. Haller on July 27, 2011 - 8:41pm

PortableApps.com is proud to announce the latest test release of our upcoming Platform (codename: Leo). 2.0 Pre-Release 2 is available for immediate download. This pre-release fixes a number of issues with the first pre-release, enhances some menu functionality, improves the installation and upgrade process, improves localization and adds a number of advanced options. Pre-Release 1 introduced introduces automated and customizable folders (aka categories) in the menu, our new 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 to easily find apps in your ever-growing collection, an improved updater with better support for proxies, an improved options selection window, more-complete translations into more languages and lots more. So, let's get to it... (permalink)

PortableApps.com Platform 2.0 Pre-Release 1 Released: Folders, App Store, Search, Theming and More!

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Submitted by John T. Haller on July 19, 2011 - 11:28pm

PortableApps.com is proud to announce the latest test release of our upcoming Platform (codename: Leo). 2.0 Pre-Release 1 is available for immediate download for testers and translators. This PR1 release introduces automated and customizable folders (aka categories) in the menu, our new 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 to easily find apps in your ever-growing collection, an improved updater with better support for proxies, an improved options selection window, more-complete translations into more languages and lots more. This latest release represents a big update to the underpinnings of the platform on the road to 2.0. So, how about we start checking it out... (permalink)

Task Coach Portable 1.2.24 (task management) Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on July 17, 2011 - 11:11am

Task Coach logoTask Coach Portable 1.2.24 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 new release updates Task Coach to the latest release. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Suite. And it's open source and completely free.

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

Update automatically in the PortableApps.com Platform 2.0 Beta 5 by clicking 'Check for Updates'.

Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition 6.0 Beta 2 (web browser) Released by PortableApps.com

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Submitted by John T. Haller on July 16, 2011 - 9:05pm

Firefox logoPortableApps.com is proud to announce the release of Mozilla Firefox®, Portable Edition 6.0 Beta 2 in 17 languages. It's the second beta of the upcoming 6.0 version of 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. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Suite. And, as always, it's open source and completely free.

Update automatically in the PortableApps.com Platform 2.0 Beta 5 by clicking 'Check for Updates' if you have a previous Firefox Portable Beta or Release Candidate.

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

PuTTY Portable 0.61 (telnet and SSH client) Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on July 16, 2011 - 8:28pm

logoPuTTY Portable 0.61 has been released. PuTTY Portable is the popular PuTTY telnet and SSH client packaged as a portable app, so you can connect in to your systems on the go. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Suite. And it's open source and completely free.

Update automatically in the PortableApps.com Platform 2.0 Beta 5 by clicking 'Check for Updates'.

DVDStyler Portable 1.8.4.2 (DVD creation tool) Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on July 16, 2011 - 7:48pm

logoDVDStyler Portable 1.8.4.2 has been released. DVDStyler Portable is the popular DVDStyler program packaged with a PortableApps.com Launcher as a portable app, so you can take your DVD creation tool settings with you. This release updates DVDStyler to the latest version. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Suite. And it's open source and completely free.

Update automatically in the PortableApps.com Platform 2.0 Beta 5 by clicking 'Check for Updates'.

AkelPad Portable 4.6.3 (plaintext editor) Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on July 16, 2011 - 7:28pm

logoAkelPad Portable 4.6.3 has been released. AkelPad is an open source editor for plain text that is designed to be small and fast. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Suite. And it's open source and completely free.

Update automatically in the PortableApps.com Platform 2.0 Beta 5 by clicking 'Check for Updates'.

VLC Media Player Portable 1.1.11 Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on July 16, 2011 - 7:08pm

VLC logoVLC Media Player Portable 1.1.11 has been released. VLC Portable is the popular VLC media player packaged as a portable app, so you can take your audio and video files along with everything you need to play them on the go. This release updates VLC to the latest version and uses improved compression techniques to speed launching time on PCs with slow antivirus products. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Suite. And it's open source and completely free.

Update automatically in the PortableApps.com Platform 2.0 Beta 5 by clicking 'Check for Updates'.

Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition 3.6.19 Legacy (web browser) Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on July 12, 2011 - 11:04pm

Firefox logoMozilla Firefox®, Portable Edition 3.6.19 (Legacy Edition) has been released in 17 languages. It's the current Mozilla Firefox browser from the older 3.6 release bundled with a PortableApps.com launcher as a portable app, so you can take your browser, bookmarks, settings and extensions on the go. It's primarily intended for web page testers as all users are encouraged to upgrade to the current Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition 5.0 release. This release will install alongside a current Firefox Portable install in a FirefoxPortableLegacy36 directory by default, though it can also be used to upgrade an existing installation. Please note that Firefox 3.5.x is no longer supported. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Suite. And, as always, 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.

Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition 5.0.1 (web browser) Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on July 12, 2011 - 4:06pm

Firefox logoPortableApps.com is proud to announce the release of Mozilla Firefox®, Portable Edition 5.0.1 in 17 languages. It's the latest 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 improves portability. It's open source and completely free.

Update automatically in the PortableApps.com Platform 2.0 Beta 5 by clicking 'Check for Updates'.

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

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