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Well, I have a naive query. It seems to me that just to test whether an app is portable, you don’t need anything. Just double click it and see if (UAC and) an installer appears. If it does, it’s not portable and you can block the installer. Alternatively and better still, try to run it from a USB s...

billon wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 07, 2019 4:20 pm

elGUI4Wget

nice GUI

cheaper than i would have expected at only $50

makes a lot of sense too for keeping data secure since a USB key is a lot easier to steal than say a laptop

Midas wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 31, 2019 4:49 am

FYI, there is now a Qt based fork in active development named LaunchyQt:

https://github.com/samsonwang/LaunchyQt

nice, i use the old version of Launchy all the time

99 pages of comments, DropIt must be a useful program Unfortunately the developer hasn't been on our forums in some time so most of the responses here have been from helpful other users. I'm not sure if the program itself is still active. i noticed that quite a few of the commenters in this thread ...

99 pages of comments, DropIt must be a useful program

ATM, I am having trouble accessing Cyberfox homepage with vanilla Firefox 66.0.2 64-bit. :( Secure Connection Failed An error occurred during a connection to cyberfox.8pecxstudios.com. SSL received a record that exceeded the maximum permissible length. Error code: SSL_ERROR_RX_RECORD_TOO_LONG @ htt...

I've never understood why people create forks of Firefox. Why not put the effort you spend into creating a brand new package into the official Firefox. they're useful to me because i can open like 4-5 different portable browsers each with a different purpose (one for weather, another for tech tabs,...

Midas wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 26, 2019 4:40 am

I think that is exactly what OPML was initially intended for, opinions on its success notwithstanding...

only thing i've noticed OPML used for is gPodder exports its list of your subscribed podcasts in that form

now up to v1.8.4 - (Feb 13th, 2019)

All that for a mere PDF viewer? Compare the footprint with Sumatra 's, e.g... :roll: lol ... I had to go an look: even the notoriously bulky Acrobat Reader lists a requirement for only 380MB of available hard-disk space. So they're winning that race by quite a margin. that's what i was gonna say, A...

A full license, for all your machines, costs $45.

i like this part - should be able to have licenses for 5+ machines and for lifetime also, then if you find the program useful after say 5 years maybe donate another $25-$50 or so

too many software companies want to nickel and dime you

reminds me of Otter Browser had to install Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable no easy way to prevent 3rd party cookies that i can see other than that its decent would be nice if these browsers had a built-in element blocker or hider without having to install an add-on uBlock Origin provides a...

Midas wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 22, 2019 8:31 am

Disclaimer: There’s currently no working build of the latest WebKit2 for Windows or MacOS so there’s no binary release for these systems for now.

@ www.midori-browser.org /2018/10/31/all-for-one-one-for-all/

Has this changed?

oops, i saw that their blog was active and assumed...

project is active again