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    usb flash drive + firefox

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by HumanTorch, Jul 30, 2006.

  1. HumanTorch

    HumanTorch Notebook Consultant NBR Reviewer

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    quick question, i read somethign in wired or computer shopper today at the coffee shop...can remember which nor find the article but it was something about putting the firefox cache on a usb flash drive or something in firefox onto a thumb drive so it functions alot faster due to it being in the flash memory rather than the hard drive, can someone enlighten me a little about this
    thanks
     
    HumanTorch, Jul 30, 2006
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  2. Charles P. Jefferies

    Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

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    Charles P. Jefferies, Jul 30, 2006
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  3. mZimm

    mZimm Notebook Evangelist

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    Firefox portable owns. I store it on my 1GB flash drive and use it at school every day since they don't have a wireless network to use my computer. I still haven't figured out how to save the extensions though.
     
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  4. Tim

    Tim Notebook Virtuoso

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    I use portable firefox. It is okay. Sometimes it seems slower that regular firefox but it is still okay.
    Tim
     
    Tim, Jul 30, 2006
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  5. mZimm

    mZimm Notebook Evangelist

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    I just hate using IE, and it's nice to have my bookmarks wherever I am using a computer.
     
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    Daetlus Notebook Consultant

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    I use a U3 compatable flashdrive, and on it I have installed Firefox, roboform and trillian. I am able to use all of these programs from any computer without actually installing any files or registry changes on those computers. It works quite well, and I do use it on a regular basis on computers I am fixing.
     
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    I just installed all of my extensions normally and they work fine.
     
    _radditz_, Jul 31, 2006
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