Portable Firefox (Run it off a USB Drive)

Colin Dunstan · 08-28-2004, 11:22 AM

John Haller has repackaged Firefox as a complete, removable drive-friendly browser, with the following modifications:

*NEW* Extension-Friendly Launcher! - My PortableFirefox launcher v0.0.2 is now included by default. It will alter the paths to any extensions you install to work relatively. Just be sure to download the XPI to your PC and then open it with a FILE - OPEN, followed by a browser close/restart before switching PCs. I still have the .bat launcher included for those who like it.
EXEs and DLLs Compressed - All EXEs and DLLs were recompressed using UPX. This gets our installed size down to one that works on 16Mb drives. Additionally, it will speed up use of Firefox when you're running over USB 1.1. The options used were: --best --compress-icons=0 --nrv2d --crp-ms=999999 -k
JARs re-compressed - The JAR files in the chrome have been recompressed at the maximum level, getting our package down to 7.8Mb. (For the curious, JAR files are just ZIP files with a different extension)
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.

Alexander Turcic · 08-28-2004, 01:36 PM

Wow, it's time I get one of those USB sticks. Can anyone recommend one, preferably fast (USB 2.0) and bootable?

Alexander Turcic · 11-22-2004, 12:51 PM

Btw, Portable Firefox was just updated to 1.0 Final Release.

cbarnett · 11-22-2004, 07:42 PM

This looks interesting! I'll check it out (and make some use of my 256MB stick that's lying around doing nothing....)

Craig.

08-28-2004, 11:22 AM	#1
Colin Dunstan Is papyrophobic! Posts: 1,926 Karma: 1009999 Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: USA Device: Dell Axim	Portable Firefox (Run it off a USB Drive) John Haller has repackaged Firefox as a complete, removable drive-friendly browser, with the following modifications: NEW Extension-Friendly Launcher! - My PortableFirefox launcher v0.0.2 is now included by default. It will alter the paths to any extensions you install to work relatively. Just be sure to download the XPI to your PC and then open it with a FILE - OPEN, followed by a browser close/restart before switching PCs. I still have the .bat launcher included for those who like it. EXEs and DLLs Compressed - All EXEs and DLLs were recompressed using UPX. This gets our installed size down to one that works on 16Mb drives. Additionally, it will speed up use of Firefox when you're running over USB 1.1. The options used were: --best --compress-icons=0 --nrv2d --crp-ms=999999 -k JARs re-compressed - The JAR files in the chrome have been recompressed at the maximum level, getting our package down to 7.8Mb. (For the curious, JAR files are just ZIP files with a different extension) 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.

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08-28-2004, 01:36 PM	#2
Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 18,163 Karma: 14021202 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Too many to count here.	Wow, it's time I get one of those USB sticks. Can anyone recommend one, preferably fast (USB 2.0) and bootable?

11-22-2004, 12:51 PM	#3
Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 18,163 Karma: 14021202 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Too many to count here.	Btw, Portable Firefox was just updated to 1.0 Final Release.

11-22-2004, 07:42 PM	#4
cbarnett MR prodigal son Posts: 1,085 Karma: 1083739 Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Aura H2O	This looks interesting! I'll check it out (and make some use of my 256MB stick that's lying around doing nothing....) Craig.

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