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embedded 128-Bit encryption possible!?

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on February 2, 2006 - 3:16pm

Is it possible to embed such a encryption into the portable firefox so that the host system is not needed to make a secure connection!?

e.g. Win 98/NT need the High Encryption Pack installed so the portable firefox can use the 128-bit enryption.

or if this is not possible is there a stand-alone secure application which can used for example on a usb stick which also contains the portable firefox and give him the possibility to make such a secure conection?

Partial Updates failing....

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Submitted by John T. Haller on February 2, 2006 - 1:18pm

It seems that despite the fact that partial updates worked in testing (1.5 RC1 to 1.5 RC2), they are failing in the field. The second full update will work, though. I'm going to try and figure out what's up as, in theory, they should be working. I'll file a bug with bugzilla if need be.

Regards,
John

pFF failing name lookups?

Submitted by RagManX on February 2, 2006 - 11:48am

I have been trying to use pFF on a system at work, but have run in to a problem that has me stumped. I have FF installed previously, but had to remove it because applications may not be installed on work computers. I got my boss to OK my using FF, provided I could do it without installing it. Naturally, I already knew about pFF when I approached him about this, so I just popped my USB key into the system and started up pFF. When it loads, I can not connect to any sites, because name lookups always fail. I'm not at the system now to give the exact error, but I will post that when I get to work tonight. I do remember it being something along the lines of "bleh.meh.domain.xxx could not be found" for any site I try to access. The application works fine at home, and as noted above, FF when installed worked fine. Just pFF is having a problem. It doesn't matter if I run from a local directory or my USB key.

Firefox Update v1.5.0.1

Submitted by daves on February 1, 2006 - 7:08pm

Helloo and thanks for a great PA!
I'm wondering if i can update Portable Firefox v1.5 to v1.5.0.1 with the 'Check for updates' dialogue? Will it remain Portable Firefox and everything as such or become/convert to the normal Firefox?

Cheers

Flash Player Question

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on February 1, 2006 - 6:41pm

Alrighty... heres my situation.

I have flash player 8 installed on my Portable Firefox via NPSWF32.dll. I have version 8, but for testing purposes I want to be able to switch between flash player 8, 7, and 6 seemlessly, Is there anyway I can do this easily?

I tried deleting NPSWF32.dll for 8 and copying NPSWF32.dll for 7.. BUT it doesnt change versions, it stays with 8.

I can do this with the non portable version by uninstalling/installing different versions, but its incredibly tedious and isnt really worth the trouble.

Any Ideas on how to do this? or inputs for better ways to do it using Flash 8 Professional?

PFF Cross-Platform Extension Weirdness

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on February 1, 2006 - 2:48pm

I've got PFF 1.5 cross platform running on my USB key. The browser itself works just fine on both platforms, but I've been seeing some strange behavior with extensions.

I'm running, among others, Greasemonkey and Adblock Plus. I set them up on OS X, and everything was fine. Half the time when I run PFF, Adblock works fine and all my GM scripts work fine. The other half, neither work at all. Both extensions run, but they don't actually do anything. The menus are up, GM claims the scripts are running, but nothing actually happens. In fact, even the DOM inspector doesn't work. It runs, but it sees no nodes. This strikes me as extraordinarily strange.

Printing on a network printer..

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on January 31, 2006 - 12:51pm

Heya folks,

I'm a new user to the portable apps..it's been a real life saver on campus. I dig it big time. Smile

In any case, I am trying to print webpages and such (in PFF) on a network printer with no luck. The printer is recognized and all seems well..but the data is never passed on to the printer. The printer works fine, as does window's communication with the printer (PFF is the only app I can't print from)..so I'm not sure if it is how I have PFF configured or the nature of having PFF run from a thumbdrive. (Abiword does work on the other hand - just tested it)

Anyone else have this problem?

Html file as homepage stored on usb drive

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on January 29, 2006 - 9:12pm

I would like to know if anyone can help me to set an html file on my usb drive as the home page for PF to open from.
I want to be able to click this stored page and get it to open with portable firefox.
It is important that the page not be online.

Can anyone help me...and please dont get toooo technical with the answers.
Thanks

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