Comments on: Some Of The Features Planned For Firefox 3 http://cybernetnews.com/some-of-the-features-planned-for-firefox-3/ Technology News Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:57:44 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Jack of all Trades http://cybernetnews.com/some-of-the-features-planned-for-firefox-3/comment-page-1/#comment-58701 Jack of all Trades Sun, 24 Dec 2006 09:38:05 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/12/08/some-of-the-features-planned-for-firefox-3/#comment-58701 thanks SLA for that detailed explanation, and Ryan, i do believe you wrote something like this in one of your comments, so i think it is a keeper. as for the update problem, b4 i got a chance to test it out, i stumble upon Firefox Extension Guru's post about this problem, and about <a href="http://ffextensionguru.wordpress.com/2006/12/23/update-channel-changer/" rel="nofollow">an extension that solves it</a>. thanks SLA for that detailed explanation, and Ryan, i do believe you wrote something like this in one of your comments, so i think it is a keeper.

as for the update problem, b4 i got a chance to test it out, i stumble upon Firefox Extension Guru’s post about this problem, and about [ffextensionguru.wordpress.com]

]]> By: SLA http://cybernetnews.com/some-of-the-features-planned-for-firefox-3/comment-page-1/#comment-58341 SLA Sat, 23 Dec 2006 20:41:24 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/12/08/some-of-the-features-planned-for-firefox-3/#comment-58341 Thank you, I just hadn't any free time to take a look what is inside "Portable Firefox". :) Is there any "Portable Firefox" distribution, which doesn't fail to AutoUpdate? Thank you, I just hadn’t any free time to take a look what is inside “Portable Firefox”. :)
Is there any “Portable Firefox” distribution, which doesn’t fail to AutoUpdate?

]]> By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/some-of-the-features-planned-for-firefox-3/comment-page-1/#comment-58250 Ryan Sat, 23 Dec 2006 15:42:44 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/12/08/some-of-the-features-planned-for-firefox-3/#comment-58250 Actually, that is because there is a FirefoxPortable.ini (or PortableFirefox.ini) file located in the same directory as the FirefoxPortable.exe (or PortableFirefox.exe). That file is typically located in the source code folder and if you copy it to the same directory as the FirefoxPortable.exe and change the option "AllowMultipleInstances" to true inside of the file it will do the same thing. Actually, that is because there is a FirefoxPortable.ini (or PortableFirefox.ini) file located in the same directory as the FirefoxPortable.exe (or PortableFirefox.exe). That file is typically located in the source code folder and if you copy it to the same directory as the FirefoxPortable.exe and change the option “AllowMultipleInstances” to true inside of the file it will do the same thing.

]]> By: SLA http://cybernetnews.com/some-of-the-features-planned-for-firefox-3/comment-page-1/#comment-57959 SLA Sat, 23 Dec 2006 10:47:05 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/12/08/some-of-the-features-planned-for-firefox-3/#comment-57959 <div id="commentquote"><a href="#comment-57803">Ryan wrote:</a><blockquote>You actually don't have to download the blank version because you can just download the complete Firefox Portable file and then overwrite the "firefox" folder with the new one.</blockquote></div> If you do it this way, then you can't run both "normal" Firefox and "portable" Firefox at the same time simultaneously. But if you use my PortableFirefoxBlank.zip, then you CAN! :) That's why this PortableFirefoxBlank.zip is special. Ryan wrote:
You actually don’t have to download the blank version because you can just download the complete Firefox Portable file and then overwrite the “firefox” folder with the new one.

If you do it this way, then you can’t run both “normal” Firefox and “portable” Firefox at the same time simultaneously. But if you use my PortableFirefoxBlank.zip, then you CAN! :)
That’s why this PortableFirefoxBlank.zip is special.

]]> By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/some-of-the-features-planned-for-firefox-3/comment-page-1/#comment-57803 Ryan Sat, 23 Dec 2006 05:40:13 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/12/08/some-of-the-features-planned-for-firefox-3/#comment-57803 <div id="commentquote"><a href="#comment-57419">Jack of all Trades wrote:</a><blockquote>thanks guys. is there an option to convert the minefield version to be portable? i am afraid i am not that adventurer with my browser. unless its portable.</blockquote></div> I could always make a portable version real quick if you want one. It's pretty easy as SLA explained. <div id="commentquote"><a href="#comment-57474">SLA wrote:</a><blockquote>Yes, you can make almost any Firefox version to be "portable":</blockquote></div> I thinking I have written instructions on doing this before and I think that is actually the blank portable version of the files that I made. You actually don't have to download the blank version because you can just download the complete Firefox Portable file and then overwrite the "firefox" folder with the new one. That's all I really do. Maybe I should make a screencast so that everyone sees how easy it really is. Jack of all Trades wrote:
thanks guys.

is there an option to convert the minefield version to be portable? i am afraid i am not that adventurer with my browser. unless its portable.

I could always make a portable version real quick if you want one. It’s pretty easy as SLA explained.

SLA wrote:
Yes, you can make almost any Firefox version to be “portable”:

I thinking I have written instructions on doing this before and I think that is actually the blank portable version of the files that I made. You actually don’t have to download the blank version because you can just download the complete Firefox Portable file and then overwrite the “firefox” folder with the new one. That’s all I really do. Maybe I should make a screencast so that everyone sees how easy it really is.

]]> By: SLA http://cybernetnews.com/some-of-the-features-planned-for-firefox-3/comment-page-1/#comment-57474 SLA Fri, 22 Dec 2006 17:44:01 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/12/08/some-of-the-features-planned-for-firefox-3/#comment-57474 Yes, you can make almost any Firefox version to be "portable": 1. Get this file (it is very rare, I can't find it anymore in the whole Internet): http://fileho.com/download/c4f8c8529483/PortableFirefoxBlank.zip.html 2. Get any Firefox ZIPped distribution (NOT installer). You can grab <strong>firefox-3.0a2pre.en-US.win32.zip</strong> from the link, which I posted in my previous post above. 3. Extract FirefoxPortableBlank.zip, for example, to C:\Program Files. 4. Extract Firefox distribution to PortableFirefox\App directory, so in the "App" directory there should be two directories: "AppInfo" and "firefox". That's all. Now run PortableFirefox\PortableFirefox.exe P.S. But this Portable Firefox fails to autoupdate, so you will have to manually download newer Firefox distributions periodically, replacing the whole "firefox" directory every time. Yes, you can make almost any Firefox version to be “portable”:

1.
Get this file (it is very rare, I can’t find it anymore in the whole Internet):
[fileho.com]

2.
Get any Firefox ZIPped distribution (NOT installer). You can grab firefox-3.0a2pre.en-US.win32.zip from the link, which I posted in my previous post above.

3.
Extract FirefoxPortableBlank.zip, for example, to C:\Program Files.

4.
Extract Firefox distribution to
PortableFirefox\App
directory, so in the “App” directory there should be two directories: “AppInfo” and “firefox”.

That’s all. Now run PortableFirefox\PortableFirefox.exe

P.S. But this Portable Firefox fails to autoupdate, so you will have to manually download newer Firefox distributions periodically, replacing the whole “firefox” directory every time.

]]> By: Jack of all Trades http://cybernetnews.com/some-of-the-features-planned-for-firefox-3/comment-page-1/#comment-57419 Jack of all Trades Fri, 22 Dec 2006 15:22:35 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/12/08/some-of-the-features-planned-for-firefox-3/#comment-57419 thanks guys. is there an option to convert the minefield version to be portable? i am afraid i am not that adventurer with my browser. unless its portable. thanks guys.

is there an option to convert the minefield version to be portable? i am afraid i am not that adventurer with my browser. unless its portable.

]]> By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/some-of-the-features-planned-for-firefox-3/comment-page-1/#comment-57392 Ryan Fri, 22 Dec 2006 14:54:00 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/12/08/some-of-the-features-planned-for-firefox-3/#comment-57392 Yeah, SLA is right. It is looking for a nightly version of Gran Paradiso but they are still called Minefield, so it won't find anything. Sorry about that. Yeah, SLA is right. It is looking for a nightly version of Gran Paradiso but they are still called Minefield, so it won’t find anything. Sorry about that.

]]> By: SLA http://cybernetnews.com/some-of-the-features-planned-for-firefox-3/comment-page-1/#comment-57368 SLA Fri, 22 Dec 2006 14:18:20 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/12/08/some-of-the-features-planned-for-firefox-3/#comment-57368 If you are using "Gran Paradiso Alpha 1", then it will NOT update until Alpha 2 is released. But you can get the NEWER version, which is called "Minefield 3.0 Alpha 1". You always can get the latest nightly here: http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/latest-trunk/ Just uninstall "Gran Paradiso", and install <strong>firefox-3.0a2pre.en-US.win32.installer.exe</strong> from the given URL. "Minefield" will autoupdate once per every day. If you are using “Gran Paradiso Alpha 1″, then it will NOT update until Alpha 2 is released.
But you can get the NEWER version, which is called “Minefield 3.0 Alpha 1″.

You always can get the latest nightly here:
[ftp.mozilla.org]

Just uninstall “Gran Paradiso”, and install
firefox-3.0a2pre.en-US.win32.installer.exe
from the given URL. “Minefield” will autoupdate once per every day.

]]> By: Jack of all Trades http://cybernetnews.com/some-of-the-features-planned-for-firefox-3/comment-page-1/#comment-57234 Jack of all Trades Fri, 22 Dec 2006 08:23:34 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/12/08/some-of-the-features-planned-for-firefox-3/#comment-57234 Ryan, anyone, I've tried to force firefox 3a to update nightly, just like i was told "“app.update.channel” and change the value to “nightly” without the quotes." but ever since then, i hasn't be updated even once. didn't they release any new nightlies, or did i do something wrong? thanks. Ryan, anyone,
I’ve tried to force firefox 3a to update nightly, just like i was told ““app.update.channel” and change the value to “nightly” without the quotes.”
but ever since then, i hasn’t be updated even once. didn’t they release any new nightlies, or did i do something wrong?
thanks.

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