Firefox Portable [Firefox]
As the year ends I decided to bring back some of what I consider were the best things of 2008 to me. Also and as promised before this is the english version of an earlier post I made.
Recently I discovered the wonder of PortableApps (portable applications). It is a set of open source software that is completely portable and can be used directly from a USB Pen Drive.
Right now I’m trying some of them but I must highlight one of my favorite applications: Firefox Portable.
I am a huge fan of Firefox and since I discovered it that is my main browser.
The problem is that throughout the day I use several computers (two or three depending on the day) which causes me some problems, mainly in the navigation history. Another problem is that usually I need to configure my Add-ons in different computers over and over.
The big advantage of portable applications, and in particular of Portable Firefox, is that all the settings and add-ons are in the Pen Drive. Also the navigation history is recorded in our Pen Drive which in terms of privacy is very good. We take “our” Firefox to everywhere and can use it on any computer, as long that it has USB.
It’s just equal to the Firefox installed on our computer, but it is portable.
In my opinion this is one of the best advantages of Firefox until now and that definitely made me abandon the use of any other browser (unless that for professional reasons I have to use another).
And after trying out Ubuntu in a USB Pen Drive now I am more portable …
[...] Update: this post is also available in english. [...]