Firefox 3.5, Portable Edition Arrives

by Sam Dean - Jul. 02, 2009Comments (8)

You may already have the new Firefox 3.5 browser, but now, courtesy of the folks at PortableApps, you can get the portable version of Firefox 3.5 as well. It's downloadable here, and, like the other portable versions of popular open source applications that PortableApps offers, it's perfect as a lightweight app that you can keep on a USB thumb drive or other portable device.  It comes bundled with a PortableApps launcher, so you can launch it directly from a USB thumb drive and have Firefox available with your customizations no matter where you are.

We've covered PortableApps a number of times. It provides a bushel of open source applications in one download--good ones, too--and Firefox 3.5 Portable Edition is now one of the applications you get with the suite, or you can download it on its own. The portable version of Firefox 3.5 syncs with your bookmarks, extensions and saved passwords so it provides a lightweight facsimile of your normal Firefox setup.

As we've noted, not all extensions work with Firefox 3.5 yet, and that's true for the portable edition, too. You can find installation instructions and usage tips for Firefox Portable Edition at the bottom of the page here. 


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8 Comments
 

I just did/got this the other day, and absolutely love it.


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I really love firefox browser.

Good thing we are able to download it for free.


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Mozilla Firefox has always been my favorite browser, and now it just got better


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Just heard about the browser update, had no idea there was a portable version.

Thanks for the info Sam.


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I wonder when Fennec will be released. I originally thought portable = mobile. I guess I was wrong!


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Firefox 3.5 sucks a$$! I installed it and all it does is crash on me. I must have had to force-quit that shit at least 20 times this weekend and can't seem to figure out what the problem is. Google searches don't reveal anything as well. Any ideas??


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Firefox just keeps on getting better and better.


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FIREFOX SUCKS. IT CRASHED 100 TIMES ON ME ALREADY!!! GOING BACK TO 3.0.1.


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