General Discussion

Yes, I am a newbie, but some thoughts I had --

A FAQ page could help diminish *some* of the repeated and repeated and repeated queries. ( I know, not all repeats, that is just how us newbies are --- weren't you like that once?)

Also, something I saw at another software's wiki that might be useful here --
a list of requested features, users add to the list and/or vote for additional features.

How about a list of applications that have already been requested that CANNOT be adapted for PortableApps?

How about a list of applications that are already "in the pipeline"?

Hi,

A suggestion for the forums:

It could be a limitation of Drupal, in conjunction with hardware resource issues, but these forums are not very easy to navigate and lack a lot of navigation features I find in other forums (eg vBulletin-based ones).
As the site grows and more postings occur, these navigation and organisational features become more important. Simple things like:

• Viewing new posts
• Mark posts as "read"
• Adding the forum name to the Recent Posts list
• Options to view topics in either threaded or list mode.

@John:
You could update the "http://external.portableapps.com/feeds/portableapps_list.xml"
rss feed with the 3 new apps (KeePass, Putty, PDF)
Feel free to delete this node after you did it.

Hi, I've add Total Commander to Portable Apps Menu.

In the main folder of TC there are few exe files. Total Commander use all of them to work correctly, but i want to see only totalcmd.exe in the Portable Apps Menu. I don't want to see in the menu the rest of exe files. But i cannot delete them, because there are used by TC. Is it possible to do this?

Anyone know why signatures are not working on new posts?

Anyone know of a program to sync Firefox Bookmarks?
Not just copy the bookmarks file, actually sync the bookmarks themselves.
Its the one thing that really, really bugs me about mozilla's bookmarks.
mozilla/netscape used to use favorites ages ago but had to change to bookmarks.
(anti Microsoft is one thing, but at some point it becomes counter productive, i.e. bookmarks)
Every sync program on the planet can sync favorites since they are separate files, but I haven't found a single one that will sync bookmarks.

What is the best way to update personal apps when new versions come available?

1. Save the new version over top the old version and "replace all"
2. Delete the old version (directory and all) and install new version?

I was already using SumatraPDF and I thoght it`s very portable by default. I don`t really get why you needed to release a portable version here but I am sure the will be a good reason.

So, I suggest a little changelog how different the version on this page is to the original one.

In general for all apps this would be usefull.

Hello, does anyone have experience with Kingston's DataTraveler Secure USB drive? I like the idea of hardware-based encryption but are concerned that it won't work well with Portable Thunderbird. Ultimately, I am trying to replace a San Disk Titanium that has worked well until recently... it does bad things when I touch it with any static electricity!

Thanks,
Bill

Hi -

I am new to using portable apps.

1. If I purchase a portable HD with something called 'mobile launchpad', can I guess I do not need the menu system available on this site.

2. Would I be able to delete the 'mobile launchpad' and start with the portable apps mens - maybe I reformat the HD?

3. I am basically trying to figure out whether I would be boxing myself in my buying a storage device which had its own app menuing system? or do most people buy empty devices that they configure themselves?

Thanks