General Discussion

Firefox is open source, right? Then why are there so many licensing agreements? We use the company name and the phrase "portable edition" in the menu, we cannot remove auto update, the homepage can not be Portableapps.com by default, and third parties may not modyfy it. What is with that?

is there anyway to change the color of the start menu? also is there anyway to remove the portableapps.com website from the top of the start menu?
thanks
Shawn

I think it's about time we did a forum reorganization. Especially now that we're bring on more and more apps. The one forum per app model just won't work.

So, we're left with a decision.

One "PortableApps.com App Support" Forum - One big app support forum where people can ask questions.

Category Support Forums - Broken down by category based on our app categories (Accessibility, Development, Games, etc).

I am new to Portable Apps and would like to know how to create my own apps for my USB drive. Can someone point me in the right direction?

Thanks much!!

I was just wondering, what are the benefits/drawbacks/differences of each. I am currently using R31, but I was wondering if I should go to R30 or PAM 1.1
I was just concerned that some of my configurations might be lost if I did change. Also, will my themes [for R31] work with the other ones?
Thanks

Are there problems with opening a portable exe while on a public computer. I travel with a motorcycle and I'm tired of bringing my lappie. I have partitioned a 2.5 enclosure so I could install Ubuntu on one drive with my data on separate drives. I did this in the hope that I could boot into Ubuntu on a library computer but you can't boot because you don't have admin rights to change the boot order so......

So I'm hoping I can install portable apps on the drive and use these apps to access my enclosure data.

Will a public computer allow me to open a portable exe?

considering the focus here is simplicity and lightweigth, I dont understand the concept behind putting a splash screen that starts up as a separate processes and remains there after the portable app has booted.

Can I bypass it and go straight to the main app without affecting the portable functionality?

Tried a few times to enter an application with a .exe. When going through the process and reache the point of browsing for the application the only box selection is *.paf.exe ? The drop down does not have just for the .exe?

Hi.. I'm pretty new here.. and I checked whole forum, dl the apps put them on my brand new usb flesh pocket thingy and get dissapointed by speed... I have no idea why but all apps are slow as hell (on the other side from pc itself it's fast as hell but who cares about pc).. they are simply useless.. all of them.. I wait like 20-25s to FF just to load, 10sec to check email in TB, I'm not mentioning OOO, etc. etc... So.. Is my USB flesh shitty? Is USB 2.0 shitty? Am I shitty? Are all portApps shitty? What's wrong with it? The whole idea of portable life don't work... what to do?

(There was a similar discussion last year https://portableapps.com/node/5069)

Now the 1.1 is the official version, what do you think is coming next?
Yes, I know, the PA Platform 1.5.
But whats happening next year, in 2 or 3 years?
I think there won't be an PAM OS ever, so it useless to discuss, but what could be happend? Is PA still alive in 3 years?
What's coming up? My prognosis:
1 Years: 1st ports to Mobile Phones.
1-2 Years: The Platform supports widgets.
2 Years: The Platform becomes to a desktop.