General Discussion

Hi,

I'm planning to talk about PortableApps on my blog sometime, but I don't know whether to do it now or wait for version 2.0, not only that, but is it OK if I can get an image of the PortableApps.com Menu so I can show people what I'm talking about? I'm going to be linking to the site anyway! I was thinking of waiting until 2.0 comes out as it will show a major release!

Thanks in advance! I'm really looking forward to doing a blog post as last week I did a bit of an argument about buying software when there are Free and Open Source alternatives available!

I was wondering... I just downloaded Opera@USB 9.63 and I wanted to know if it leaves traces on computers that it uses. It works great on my flash drive but i don't know if its any good... does anyone know if its like PA and doesn't leave traces or if its like U3 and does do so?

Ok, here's my first step into theming 1.5:

Name

Metallic Red

PAM-Version

PAM 1.5

Size

406 * 573 pix

Preview & Download

[Topic locked by Mod Tim to prevent anymore "accidents" 03-09-09... but unlocked by JTH after and topic modded to make it clear]

I must say the new menu is amazing and well worth the wait. One of my favorite things is I can easily change an app's icon now :D. Anyways my thought is we can now tell people how to change the icon (simply replace appicon.ico). But when I go to upgrade the app next time my custom app will get overwritten by the launcher :(. So my thought is to add a little line into the appinfo.ini probably under [Control]. Maybe CustomIcon=false. Then if you want a custom icon you can put it in the AppInfo folder named customicon.ico, and change the value to true.

Hi guys

Just wondering if PA is still developing InfraRecorder Portable? This is not a request for update as I know things get done when there done and its done in peoples free time and so on. Just simply asking if PA.com is still developing the app? I've just been looking at the base apps website and thought about replacing Nero 8 on my home as Nero seems to use a Lot of resources when running.

Instead of loading the sourceforge servers, using the bit torrent protocol would be a better bet for downloads like the Portable Apps suite, as it is massive in size compared to individual programs. It makes sense given the volume of downloads reported by the site.

Many Linux OS distributions have also adopted the same approach as it saves them a lot of server bandwidth.

I wanted to begin a discussion on the actual setup of themes in PortableApps.com Theme Format which is what we'll be using for 2.0 and up. I did a quick example theme that you can download to play with. Get it here:
https://portableapps.com/downloads/app_extras/platform/themes/PortableAp...

Is there a way to add a shortcut to the PortableApps start page to a program that is not in portable format, but is on the USB Drive? I am using Dream Mail and it is on my USB drive, but it is a pain to have to "Explore" the drive to open my email program instead of being able to at least open it from PortableApps.

I noticed the new header. It looks cool. It also looks good on IE7. I don't think the previous header looked good in IE. (I could be wrong though.)

I hope this is the proper forum to post this in. Apologies in advance if not!

I've seen an app on a bootable DVD quite a while ago that lets you select from multiple ISOs on the dvd to boot from. I can't for the life of me remember what the DVD was though.

I'd like to be able to do the same thing. Put several .iso files on a bootable usb drive and have a little menu at boot time to pick which iso to boot from. Like a rescue cd, my windows install disc, etc etc..