Firefox Portable

Mozilla Firefox 3.0 Is the Best Browser For Web -- For Now

“ If you buy a new Windows Vista PC, it comes with a decent built-in Web browser, Internet Explorer 7. If you buy a new Macintosh computer, it comes with a decent built-in Web browser, Safari 3.0. So why would you want or need a different Web browser? WSJ's Walt Mossberg reviews the new version of Firefox Web browser, noting its speed, new features and security. That is the question that Mozilla, the nonprofit organization that makes the leading alternative browser, hopes to answer this month when it releases version 3.0 of its Firefox Web browser. In some tech-industry circles, Firefox already is preferred over Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Apple's Safari, but it still isn't used by most people, and Mozilla is hoping to broaden its appeal. [continue WSJ Story] ” I've been using Firefox Portable 3.0 for three weeks now.  I can't detect any difference, save it's size which is tiny.  You can load and carry the whole thing on a 1GB Flash drive.  Portable Edition, it leaves no personal information behind on the machine you run it on, so you can take your favorite browser along with all your favorite bookmarks and extensions with you wherever you go. And since it doesn't use the Windows registry, it would appear to have the same invulnerability to hacking as do Mac programs?  I'm using every extension I previously used.  The thing is so good, I'm waiting for a show to drop, and this is still a pre-release version. Wait, there is one problem.  I can't find a way to make it my default browser, so Firefox II will still open as a default. I just discovered the Portable Thunderbird e-mail program that has the same features.  Cowabunga!