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You can have UPX and autoupdate (in theory at least).

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Submitted by Bahamut on October 17, 2007 - 8:31am

It's possible. I'm working on a way to fully automate the process (I just need some good docs on the batch language). I have a semi-automatic batch file already.

The problem is actually that UPX can't compress and decompress to produce the exact same file with W32 binaries (however, once a file is compressed and decompressed, the resulting file can be compressed and decompressed to produce that exact file), and that the small autoupdate difference file can't be applied to the modified files.
So here's how it works:

foxmarks

Submitted by stanjam on October 16, 2007 - 3:59pm

Just wanted people to know, it looks like the foxmarks plugin works nicely with portable firefox. This is great news! Now I have virtually the same firefox browser wherever I go, with all of my bookmarks in place. With the Corsair GT flash drive portable apps work just as fast as they would off a hard drive. Don't even notice the difference.

FFPortable cache files don't want to delete.

Submitted by Snowwall on October 14, 2007 - 9:51pm

I use FirefoxPortable on my USB. Today it complained that it can't resolve a problem with security config files. The master password couldn't be changed, etc.
Guessing that some files on the USB are corrupted (probably unplugged the stick at the wrong time), I tried reinstalling/updating the program. The installer said that it can't overwrite firefox.exe (turned out it was read-only). On launch, FF still said it couldn't do anything about password saving part of itself.

Firefox portable - proxy pac file - drive letter / path problem.

Submitted by BFG on October 10, 2007 - 6:36am

On my laptop, I have a proxy script which ensures that wherever I connect to a network, even inside a corporate firewall, then Firefox works completely automatically. I'm trying to do the same for firefox portable - the same as in "completely automatic", with zero clicks or key-presses - and the thing that's stopping me is the drive letter problem.

I know about the proxy-switcher plugin - this doesn't appear to give complete automation.
I also found info about putting the pac script in the firefox app folder and using resource:/// but to me this is an ugly solution.

Back button sometimes causes Firefox crash?

Submitted by mmcdougall on October 9, 2007 - 7:37pm

Ever since I updated Firefox to 2.0.0.7, I occasionally get a problem where I either lose a tab when I hit the back button, or lose the entire program. I hit the back button, and it (either the tab or the entire program) just disappears.

When I check for running processes in the Task Manager, firefox isn't there. After I upgraded Firefox, I did implement a few suggestions regarding improving Firefox speed. I'm not sure if this has anything to do with the problem.

Anyone else seeing this problem? Any suggestions on how to fix it?

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