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Obsolete hash algorithm used for downloads

Submitted by jamcomm on September 18, 2009 - 4:48pm

Something I've just realised... Why are MD5 hashes posted for the installer downloads?!

This hash function was effectivly obsoleted years ago because of the security problems it has - specifically the ones when it's used for this purpose! Couldn't something like the SHA512 - or at a minimum the SHA1 hashes be posted instead? (Or as well as the MD5)

To JAVA or not to JAVA..

Submitted by sjoerdrb on September 17, 2009 - 10:08am

I am an avid user of Portable Apps and I cannot 'live' without my 8 Gb flashdrive anymore, using it at home and at the office. However, since a few weeks the office (=hospital) have renewed all pc's with standard software but also making it impossible to install any other software. I can understand this necessity (support other software etc) but for me this means that I can't download Java which I need for numerous websites. (I need administrator rights.. :))

Following your guidelines I have searched the forum, but I don't seem to find the answer to my question..

USB HDD Hot-Plug vs. Removeable

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Submitted by qwertymodo on September 16, 2009 - 5:30pm

Hmm... so this is rather annoying. I use an external hard drive for my PortableApps, and have an annoyance that has existed for awhile, but now that I think about it, only exists Vista/7, and UP-TO-DATE XP (e.g. I didn't have this problem with XP when I first got it, but don't know when it started). After plugging in my USB HD, it shows up as a Local Disk under My Computer, not a Removable Disk. However, it does get listed under the "Eject Removable Devices" tray icon. If I try to eject it, it tells me it's not removable. Ok...

Address Book Icon for Mozilla Thunderbird, Portable Edition 1.0

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Submitted by John T. Haller on September 15, 2009 - 8:00pm

I've posted a quick address book icon app for those that would like to be able to directly launch the Mozilla Thunderbird, Portable Edition address book from the PortableApps.com Platform. It'll automatically create it and start it up for you.
https://portableapps.com/support/thunderbird_portable#addressbook

Simplified Installer?

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Submitted by digitxp on September 15, 2009 - 4:55pm

Today, I will nag about:

  • Clicking Next a lot is a little annoyance, but can really kick you hard.
  • It would be great to just click Install.
  • Would it be hard?
  • For those who want to customize, clicking a check mark isn't much effort.
  • For those who didn't install the platform, it could show the "Where to Install" box automatically.
  • For those who get frustrated, there can be a menu option or something.

The Nagging:

PeaZip 2.7 released

Submitted by giorgiotani on September 15, 2009 - 8:26am

Hi, PeaZip 2.7 was released today
http://peazip.sourceforge.net/

The 2.7 line development was focused into improving the extraction and compression stages' UI, also, many back end binaries were updated.
Full change log here: http://peazip.sourceforge.net/changelog.html

EDIT:
I've published PeaZip Portable 2.7 on my SourceForge's space, this is my first attempt in packaging a PAF installer (I've used existing 2.6.3 PAF as model) and to publishing the result in PortableApps, so I apologize in advance if there is something wrong in the PAF or in the procedure I followed

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