Portable Firefox 1.5: Mobile browser

Must share a computer with other colleagues, but cannot install another Internet Explorer browser available. Don't like IE, you're a fan of Firefox fans, especially the new version of Firefox 1.5. So, is there a way to use the latest Firefox 1.5 without installation?

To achieve the purpose of using Firefox browser without a very simple installation. VietNamNet would like to introduce you to the Portable Firefox browser. This browser not only requires no installation but can also be used immediately on a USB Flash drive.

Portable Firefox is Firefox 1.5's simple, fast and full-featured browser, including: pop-up ad blocking, tabbed browsing, search engine integration, enhanced capabilities Security control and auto update feature.

Another very interesting feature of Portable Firefox is that all personal information can be brought with the Flash portable hard drive. Favorite bookmarks, add-ons installed with Firefox . can "travel" with you.

Here are some instructions for installing and using Portable Firefox:

Install and use Portable Firefox

To install Portable Firefox is very simple, just download Portable Firefox. Then, unzip this browser to your USB drive (after extracting it will be about 17 MB), and you can take it with you easily. To use Portable Firefox, just double-click the PortableFirefox.exe file in the installation directory.

However, when using it, you must be aware of the problem of removing the USB memory stick: When you are finished using the memory card, if you want to remove the memory card, exit Firefox and wait until the flash memory light stops blinking. This process will take several minutes or more depending on the speed of the USB card. At that time, select 'Safely remove [device]' in the system tray icon. If you remove the memory card during recording, it is possible that the data on the flash memory will be damaged.

Upgrade Portable Firefox

To upgrade to a newer version of Portable Firefox, copy the profile folders in the Portable Firefox installation folder on the Flash drive. Then download a newer version of Portable Firefox. Next, copy the files from the profile in the old version to the new version. If you use additional installation utilities, copy additional plugins or searchplugins folders. The same way.

Copy settings from the desktop version

If you are using a standard Firefox version on your hard disk, you want to copy them to Portable Firefox for use. Go to the link to Firefox profile (like C: Documents and Settings [user] Application DataMozillaFirefoxProfiles) depending on the installation version of Firfox and the operating system you are using. Next, copy all these files to the profile folder of the flash memory.

Note: In some cases, it is possible that some profiles will not work and lead to Firefox software not working.

Install additional utilities

With Portable Firefox, additional installation utilities (Plugins) often work unlike traditional Firefox. And users need to install these additional utilities manually.

Due to copyright issues, it is not possible to install Flash and Shockwave for Portable Firefox in a simple way. To be able to use flash, follow these steps:

Step 1: Install Firefox on your hard disk and install Flash from Macromedia's website.

Step 2: Copy the NPSWF32.dll file from the Plugins folder on your hard drive (probably C: Program FilesMozilla FirefoxPlugins ) to the PortableFirefoxplugins folder on the USB drive.

Installing Shockwave is similar to installing Flash. But instead of the NPSWF32.dll file will be the NP32DSW.dll file

However, the capacity on the flash drive is not very large. Therefore, Portable Firefox will have to disable some features such as: History and use of buffering files, saving information on forms, Java support . Cutting these features is reasonable. , which aims to keep the size of Portable Firefox not bulky and more secure for users.

Minh Phuc