PFF Non-friendly extensions
John,
I know that TMP Session saver and extensions like that slow down PFF and PTB.
Do you or anybody else have a list that are not to say incompatible, but just not as USB/Flash friendly?
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John,
I know that TMP Session saver and extensions like that slow down PFF and PTB.
Do you or anybody else have a list that are not to say incompatible, but just not as USB/Flash friendly?
Can you suggest a way to improve mouse performance in pff? I'm operating pff from a portable USB 2.0 hard drive (seagate 6G pocket drive). The mouse is jerky while web pages actively load but smooths out when completely loaded. I've also noticed occasional lags while typing. Otherwise, pff is working brilliantly. I'm assuming this a data transfer issue. Is this to be expected or can improvements be made? kjp
I need PFF 1.5.0.2 with old directory structure. I made the stupid mistake of auto-updating Fx with extensions pending (downloaded but installed with a restart)
I copied my profile and userprofile folders to the new 1.5.0.3, but only a few extensions show, and they will not install.
I can then copy my profile stuff to the old dir structure and autoupdate to 1.5.0.3.
Hi Folks!
First post so be gentle!!!
I'm attempting to embed PFF into a WinPE build. I've downloaded the 1.5.0.3 release and extracted it into my WinPE image.
I boot my WinPE system, xcopy the extracted folders into a ram disk and run portablefirefox.exe from there. I do this 'cos I assume some folders need to be writable.
However, nothing happens - no firefox splash page, zilch.
Is there anything I need to add to the PFF install (e.g. DLL's etc.) to get this to work ?
Thanks in advance
Please consider making upgrade help text a little more clearer about exactly where to place profile settings if the folder location is changing. I took me about 20 minutes to figure out why my upgrade didn't take and where to put all of the necessary files after about 3 re-reads of the instructions to see the new folder scheme.
Thanks! 8)
Today I put the last version of portable Firefox in my usb key. Everything went ok (including the install of extensions and language packs) except one thing: every attempt to import (from file) my bookmarks ended by blocking the app, so I need to kill the process. This problem did not exist in 1.5.0.1
Any idea? Thanks.
I've just upgraded to PFF 1.5.0.2 and when I start it up, new directories are being created in the 'PortableFirefox' directory on my usb key. They look like the directories under my personal Documents and Settings directory on my computer (ie, Desktop, Favorites, Cookies, etc.). Its causing a problem because I download everything to my computer's Desktop and everything is being downloaded to the Desktop directory on my usb key.
The readme file says, "The AppDataDirectory and UserProfileDirectory are used instead of the local User and Application Data directories contained in Documents and Settings.
The suggested method of updating bookmarks (https://portableapps.com/support/portable_firefox#upgrading) by coping your old profile folder over the new profile folder after switching from 1.5.0.1 to 1.5.02 didn't work for me. My old bookmarks never appeared. Anyone else have any luck?
Hi,
I've put PortabelFirefox on my USB stick and would like to install extensions on it. The problem is that the extension says that it will be isntalled when I restart PortabelFirefox but I have restarted it several times now, whereas the message still appears in the extensions menu. What am I doing wrong?
Thanks in advance
wotan
This is probably not just for portable, but there is one site, even though it is allowed to execute javascript, and is allowed to make popups, does not show popups.
I'll put up pics of option menus shortly.