Beta Testing

I've just posted a pre-release of Miranda IM Portable 0.5 and need some folks to test it out. For the unfamiliar, Miranda IM is a very customizable instant messaging client that supports all the major networks. This release has many of the features of the other new apps, too:

Live CD & Read-Only USB Support - Miranda IM Portable fully supports running from a CD or from a USB flash drive set to read-only mode. For CD use, just burn a copy once you've run it and configured it to your liking. It will auto-detect being read-only and offer to run locally as well, which is handy for USB flash drives with read-only switches.

I've just posted a pre-release of VLC Portable Media Player 0.8.5 and need some folks to test it out. For the unfamiliar, VLC is an audio and video player with support for a wide array of formats. This release has many of the features of the other new apps, too:

Live CD Support - VLC Portable fully supports running from a CD. Just extract it to your local hard drive, run it at least once and configure it to your liking, and burn it to CD.

In-Place Upgrades - VLC Portable supports the ability to do what I'm calling an "in-place upgrade". This means that you can extract it right over an existing installation of VLC Portable without losing any of your existing preferences and it'll Just Work (tm).

I've just posted a pre-release of SciTE Portable 1.7.0 and need some folks to test it out. For the unfamiliar, SciTE is a very customizable text editor that's very handy for developers. This release has many of the features of the other new apps, too:

Live CD & Read-Only USB Support - SciTE Portable fully supports running from a CD or from a USB flash drive set to read-only mode. For CD use, just burn a copy once you've run it and configured it to your liking.

In-Place Upgrades - SciTE Portable supports the ability to do what I'm calling an "in-place upgrade". This means that you can extract it right over an existing installation of SciTE Portable without losing any of your existing data and it'll Just Work (tm). Note, however, that if you make any advanced changes to the properties files other than SciTEUser.properties, you'll need to manually back those up before upgrading.

I've just posted a pre-release of FileZilla Portable 2.2.26a and need some folks to test it out quickly so I can release it today. This new release features the following changes:

Live CD & Read-Only USB Support - FileZilla Portable now fully supports running from a CD or from a USB flash drive set to read-only mode. For CD use, just burn a copy once you've run it and configured it to your liking. There is an INI option to avoid backups that will prevent the write protection errors from showing up in read-only mode. Just be sure to run it once to setup a default settings file.

I've just posted a pre-release of ClamWin Portable0.88.4. This new release features the following changes:

Live CD Support - ClamWin Portable now supports running directly from a CD. This will only work in its default directory layout with no INI. Be sure to run it locally first and download the latest virus definitions before burning to CD.

In-Place Upgrades - ClamWin Portable now supports the ability to do what I'm calling an "in-place upgrade". This means that you can extract it right over an existing installation of ClamWin Portable without losing any of your existing data and it'll Just Work (tm). Obviously, this will be going forward as you'll need to manually upgrade this time due to the new directory layout.

Hello!

I would like to pre-present you portable bookmark manager called "Bookmark Base". It's already pretty stable so don't be afraid to work with it. I hope that less than in one week it will get a public release.

Here we have two download links:
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It's simple and straight: import&export bookmarks between different browsers and stay portable. The most interesting features are bookmark checker and powerful category&bookmarks editor.

I would like to get a feedback from professional portable software users: is it comfortable to use, is it fast, do you like GUI and so on. The most valuable feedback providers will be rewarded with free registration!

I've just posted a pre-release of AbiWord Portable 2.4.5 with OpenDocument support. This new release features the following changes:

Registry Changes Saved - Although AbiWord automatically reserves the abw and zabw file types and adds another entry to the registry on the local PC, the AbiWord Portable launcher automatically removes this when you close AbiWord. It will even preserve your existing registry settings if you have a local copy of AbiWord. And it has account type detection so this will work correctly with guest and limited accounts under Windows 2000 without error.

I've just posted a pre-release of Thunderbird Portable 1.5.0.5. The new features are:

In-Place Upgrades - Thunderbird Portable now supports the ability to do what I'm calling an "in-place upgrade". This means that you can extract it right over an existing installation of Thunderbird Portable without losing any of your existing data and it'll Just Work (tm).

Live CD Support - Thunderbird Portable 1.5.0.5 now has built in support for running from a CD or other read-only medium (aka Thunderbird Portable Live). You just need to grab the INI from the Other\ThunderbirdPortableSource and drop it next to ThunderbirdPortable.exe. Edit it and set RunLocally to true. Just be sure to run ThunderbirdPortable.exe at least once BEFORE setting both these options so that it correctly sets up a default profile. Your thunderbird, profile, registry, gpg and plugins directories will be copied to the local machine's temp directory and Thunderbird Portable will execute from there. When you exit, all the temp files will be cleaned up.

As promised, I've posted a test version of Sunbird Portable. This updates the launcher to add in all the handy new features within Firefox Portable. It also marks the debut of the new name: Mozilla Sunbird - Portable Edition (aka Sunbird Portable). New in this version:

In-Place Upgrades - Sunbird Portable now supports the ability to do what I'm calling an "in-place upgrade". This means that you can extract it right over an existing installation of Sunbird Portable without losing any of your existing data and it'll Just Work (tm). This will apply to future releases as you can't do it to an old Portable Sunbird release due to the name change.

I've posted a pre-release of 1.5.0.5 for testing. This includes all of the new features and fixes present in the 1.5.0.4 Pre-Release with the updated 1.2.0.2 launcher (read for full details) as well as a couple bug fixes:
- Bug Fixed: "copy file failed" issue if run for the first time in Windows 95
- Bug Fixed: Blank profile used if run for the first time within Wine

This also debuts what will be the new name of the application: Mozilla Firefox - Portable Edition... or... Firefox Portable for short. This new name has been approved by Mozilla to be the name of the product going forward. It's designed to indicate that it is an unaltered, official copy of Mozilla Firefox, but that there are additions to it made by PortableApps.com to make it portable.