Mozilla Firefox - Portable Edition (formerly known as Portable Firefox) is a repackaged version of Mozilla Firefox created by John T. Haller. The program is part of the PortableApps Suite available at their website [1]. The application allows Firefox to be run from a USB flash drive, CDROM or other portable device on any Windows computer, Mac OS X computer or Linux/UNIX computer running Wine. The program does not require Firefox to be installed on the computer, nor does it leave personal information on the computer or interfere with any installed versions of Firefox, though installation on a hard drive is possible.
| Developer(s) | John T. Haller |
|---|---|
| Stable release | |
| Operating system | Windows, Linux with Wine |
| Type | Web browser |
| License | MPL, MPL/GPL/LGPL tri-license |
| Website | Firefox Portable Website |
Changes
Firefox Portable retains all of Mozilla Firefox's abilities such as extensions and automatic updating. However, modifications have been made to the default settings to reduce the number of writes to the flash drive. The cache and browser history are disabled, while the download history and cookies are deleted on exit (Portable Firefox 2.0 RC3's ability to delete cookies and the download history on exit is not enabled by default). These defaults can be changed, but doing so may reduce the life of the flash drive.
Personal settings, bookmarks, plugins such as Flash and Shockwave, and any installed extensions and themes are stored on the flash drive along with Firefox Portable. As well as for personal use, Firefox Portable can be used to demonstrate the features of Mozilla Firefox to various audiences.
Version
Version 2.0 was released on November 20, 2006. It is compatible with Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Vista as well as Wine on UNIX-based systems.
Features
- Extension-Friendly Launcher - Firefox Portable Launcher 1.0.8 is now included by default. It will alter the paths to any extensions you install to work relative to the program package.
- Default Profile - A default profile exists within the firefox directory.
- No Default Browser Check - Firefox won't check to see if it is the default browser on startup.
- Download Prompt - Firefox will ask where to save downloads.
- Download History Cleared - Download history is cleared on exit.
- Browser History Disabled - The history has been disabled to decrease disk size and the number of writes to the disk, increasing disk life.
- Form Info Saving Disabled - Information from forms is not saved.
- No Disk Cache - The browser disk cache has been disabled to decrease disk size and the number of writes to the disk, increasing disk life [2]
See also
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