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Theme changer... Has anyone even heard of one??

Submitted by GameMakerFan on April 14, 2013 - 9:42pm

I don't even know if there IS an app like this, but is there something that can change the computer theme from one style to another while your drive is plugged in, and swap it back after you eject it?

I do know it would need to have something to determine what OS you use, because XP uses different theme types from the later versions of Windows. It doesn't even use the same kind of frame! I don't know much about coding, but that has to be pretty hard.

Sozi (Inkscape extension)

Submitted by Leon B on April 14, 2013 - 12:57pm

Hi!

Is there a way to make Sozi or rather its dependencies portable?
Sozi is an Inkscape extenstion to make fancy "nonlinear" presentations somehow similar to Prezi, but open source and without Flash.
The extension itself seems to be portable, but it needs Python 2.7, PyGTK 2.24 and LXML to work.

Regards, Leon

Classic Shell Portable

Submitted by Tenzen on April 13, 2013 - 3:55am

I am interested in finding other people who think the Free, Open-Source "Classic Shell" would be a great project to develop further specifically for Portability

I'd like to put a team together of people with the skills to make it happen...

I've been thinking a portable version could serve more as a USB interface & a TaskBar Overlay/Supplement/Replacement

the main features would be the current awesome Buttons that take DOS Commands on the System Drive & Custom Shortcuts & Custom Icons

Trillian

Submitted by bluegrass501 on April 9, 2013 - 11:46am

I've been working to create a portable version of Trillian 5.3, but I am only a rookie at this, and have gotten stumped.
I am sure that I have overlooked minor details anyway.
Is it possible for someone there (who knows what they are doing) can create a portable version of Trillian?
Marcus

Smart Diary Suite

Submitted by Tenzen on April 7, 2013 - 9:18pm

Smart Diary Suite Portable Free Edition is the best Portable Journal I've found..

Rednotebook lacks too much functionality & easy of use to be a viable replacement.. its difficult to use its bullet system, and it lacks a useful editing toolbar, and its 2 views are a really outdated & non-intuitive way of working

but its the best of the portableapps journals ive found

but I'd love to see a portableapps journal tool like Smart Diary Suite, with a similar Rich text editor supporting graphics & video, and with an easy bullet & indent system, and easy export functions...

TOR Chat Portable (Secure Chatclient)

Submitted by ot4ku on April 7, 2013 - 5:54am

Hello,
i would do it myself if i would know how, but i cant, maybe someone here can do it.

TORChat is a lightwight "portable" Chatclient that is using the TOR stealth Network and dosent need any installation.

Download: https://github.com/prof7bit/TorChat/downloads
Info: https://github.com/prof7bit/TorChat

The PROBLEM right now is that the client when you start it extracts Files into the "TEMP" Directory of Windows, so its not 100% portable. Would it be possible to make it like many portable apps to use only the folder from where its started?

thanks in advance!

A handy tool and a great candidate to make it in PortableApps- GO Contact Sync Mod

Submitted by snowbird on April 6, 2013 - 2:00pm

You can find the original here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/googlesyncmod/
This app. really helps to add contacts and synchronize from google gmail and microsoft outlook (making it easier to add contacts to an android phone or to a blackberry).
I wish I could do it myself but I would spend about a month just to figure out how to start. Thanks portableapps for a great apps that make it easy to work with computers while on the go.

Is it possible to include R and RStudio?

Submitted by dottami on April 5, 2013 - 11:10pm

Hi

R is a powerful statistical computing environment (http://www.r-project.org/) RStuido is an IDE for R development (http://www.rstudio.com/). Both these applications have strong user groups and, moreover, the former is becoming a standard tool in the academic fields.

Basically it may not be so difficult to install both in a portable drive as following

--Installing R on a USB drive (http://personal.bgsu.edu/~mrizzo/Rmisc/usbR.htm)
--Creating a Portable Version of RStudio for a USB Drive (http://support.rstudio.org/help/kb/faq/creating-a-portable-version-of-rs...)

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