On 08.22.09, In Software
PortableApps provides portable versions of popular applications including Firefox, OpenOffice, Pidgin, GIMP, VLC, and FileZilla. By portable, I mean no installation is necessary. You can run these applications by unpacking them to a hard drive, USB flash drive, or other removable media and clicking an executable file, which makes them easy to carry on a flash drive and use on multiple computers.
The team also develops an application launcher and puts together a suite of its most popular applications. PortableApps is beta testing version 2.0 of its Platform, and this week released PortableApps Platform 2.0 beta 3. The latest version features a ton of updates, including:
- Support for threme switching
- Support for 120dpi in Windows Vista and 7
- Ability to set menu transprency
- You can move most-used apps to the top of the menu
- Faster menu loading times
- Uninstall apps through a right-click context menu
- Configure apps to automatically run when the menu loads
- Support for PCs with more than one monitor
It’s also easier to hide applications, run apps as administrator, and the menu has been configured to display appropriately in WINE.
[via WebWorkerDaily]
PortableApps suite of USB stick-ready apps launches Platform 2.0 beta 3 originally appeared on Download Squad on Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Originally by Brad Linder from Download Squad on July 24, 2009, 12:30pm
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