General Discussion

I just got a email newsletter from Linspire. They just released an Ajax word processor. Go to www.ajaxwrite.com and you have a fullfeatured word processor in a browser window. This is nothing new except for you can open edit and save Microsoft Word documents.

From the newsletter:

ajaxWrite is a powerful word processor that can read and write Microsoft Word formatted documents. Anytime you need a word processor, need to open a .doc file or edit a .doc file, simply point your Firefox browser at www.ajaxWrite.com and in seconds a full-featured program will be loaded. For 90 percent of the people in the world, the need to buy Microsoft Word just vanished. This won't make Microsoft happy, but software users should be very excited that software just got cheaper, immediate and modern.

Hello, I'm IIVQ and I'm just new to the portableApps forum.

At first, I wanted to say I love the programs on this site and the idea behind it. I just wonder ... was I the one who started it all?

Is there any way to play realmedia files on a pc that I can't install codecs on? Size isn't an issue. I searched through the forum and have the unfortunate feeling that there isn't...

Here is an app that I've used for years on my desktops, that lends itself quite well to portability on USB drives.

It's the actual NIST Internet Time Service or NIST as commonly referred to. It's a single self executing file (exe), and I'm using it right now on my USB drive to accurately set the time on a PCs internal clock via any internet connection.

It's a handy little tool for use as part of any general tune-up on a friend or customer's PC.

The app can be downloaded from NIST Internet Time Service, at:
http://tf.nist.gov/service/its.htm

Which of these portable apps work on a read only media like CD-R or CD-RW? FireFox and probably OpenOffice are out, but do apps like Gaim and FileZilla work from a burnt CD, maybe saving temp files to RAM and then when the app is closed the files are deleted from RAM?

Will there be an language Pack for the Portable versions averiable?

As I've hinted at in-forum and told several people offline, the site has gotten far more popular and in a much shorter timeframe than expected... causing several performance issues with the current host. That's why it's been offline a couple times in the last week. And, that's actually one of the reasons you haven't seen releases of Portable Firefox, Thunderbird, OpenOffice.org, ClamWin, GIMP, and why VLC and Miranda haven't been stuck on the main page. A single new release with a spike in traffic would kill the site/hosting account. That's also why setting up the more community-participation aspects of the site has been dragging.

Where did the portable apps RSS feed go? Have I misplaced it, or has it gone...

Mark

Win Rar portable is now available!

Details: http://www.win-rar.com/winrarforu3.html

Download: http://www.win-rar.com/index.php?id=324&dl=winrar_3.5.1.1.u3p

Compare to Win Zip: http://www.win-rar.com/winzipcomparison.html

I know that people are looking at portable java applications (which wouldn't interest me as I don't even have JRE installed), .net applications on the other hand do turn my head...

I develop .net applications (hey Rob Loach, I noticed you're signed up on here too... small portable world - Paul A), and I'm wondering what the general feeling is about them for being portable apps, as you would have to have the .net framework installed first before it can be used... but the same goes for JRE.

On a side note, I am making a retro start program. Think waaaay back in history. Before the introduction of Windows 95. Before the accursed Taskbar stole precious space off your 12" (or if you were lucky 14"!) monitor. Yes, I'm thinking back to windows 3.1... the PROGRAM MANAGER!