This advanced tip makes it possible to run Firefox from removable media, such as a USB memory stick. This will allow you to run Firefox with your personal settings from any computer, even those that don't have Firefox installed. It has only been tested on Windows XP/2000. The basic instructions are as follows:
- Copy the Firefox application folder and your profile folder to the removable medium. In this example we will use
R:\Firefoxfor the application folder andR:\FFProfileas the profile folder, assuming the drive letter for the removable media isR:. - Create a simple batch file called
R:\Firefox.batwith the following line:start \Firefox\firefox.exe -profile \FFProfile
- Optionally, disable the disk cache to reduce the amounts of file writes to the removable storage by using about:config to set browser.cache.disk.enable to false.
The reason why a batch file is needed instead of a simple shortcut is that a shortcut uses absolute paths, and since the actual drive letter for the removable media may change depending on which computer it is plugged into, the relative path used in the batch file is guaranteed to work anywhere.
- Copy the Firefox application folder and your profile folder to the removable medium. In this example we will use
Run Firefox from removable media
Some reason to choose Firefox
Reason No.1 : Security
The more secure browser to browse web pages you want than IE. you will be protected from most security threats of the world wide web. Firefox included Phishing Protection to protect your financial details fished out anonymously.
Reason No.2 : Open Source
Firefox is an open source program and thousands of experienced programmers and security experts are contributing to Firefox to beat all security threats.
Reason No.3 : Protection from Spy Ware
Firefox will not allow to download any software automatically. Without your explicit agreement, Firefox will not allow any web pages to download and install software. So you are absolutely protected from Spy Ware
Reason No.4 : Automated Update
Firefox’s update system always checks to see if you are running the latest version, and notifies you when a security update is available in over 40 languages. These security updates are small (usually 200KB - 700KB), giving you only what you need and making the security update quick to download and install.
Reason No.5 : Clear Private Data
Firefox offers the ability to clear all your private Web browsing data with just one click with the Clear Private Data tool. You can be confident that when you clear your private data in Firefox it’s gone - whether you are using your own computer or one at the library.
Reason No.6: Tabbed Browsing
You don't have to open many windows and flooded up your status bar with too many windows. Using Firefox you can open as many as Tabs in a single window.
Reason No. 7 : Spell Checking
Don't you sure about spelling of a word while you type your email? Firefox has this feature enabled and it will highlight the wrong words and will tell you the correct spelling.
Reason No. 8 : Search Suggestions
Firefox will suggest the search items, that you type on the integrated search box of Firefox. This works for Google, Yahoo and Answers.Com
Reason No. 9 : Accessibility
Firefox helps to browse visually impaired too. Firefox includes support for DHTML accessibility. Web developers can create pages that reduce the amount of tabbing required to navigate a document to minimize keystrokes for those with mobility disabilities. Firefox also includes support for Microsoft Active Accessibility, Microsoft’s accessibility API standard for Windows. This support allows Firefox to work with screen readers such as GW Micro’s Window-Eyes and Freedom Scientific’s JAWS
Reason No.10 : Popup Blocker
The Firefox blocks unwanted pop-ups that irritates the user when visiting to a web site. You can customize the pop-up blocking options to allow your favorite webs tie to show pop-ups for you!
Reason No. 11 : Session Restore
Losing your place while you’re doing things on the Web is a pain. Now, with Session Restore, if Firefox has to restart or closes when it comes back you will pick up exactly where you left off. The windows and tabs you were using, the text you typed into forms, and the in-progress downloads you had running will all be restored. You can even set Firefox 2 to always restore your previous session instead of loading a home page, so you will never lose your place again.
Reason No.12 : RSS Feeds
What do news headlines, indie rock podcasts, and pictures of kittens have in common? They are all things that you can subscribe to with Web feeds. Firefox 2 gives you full control over Web feeds, showing you a preview and letting you choose how you want to subscribe. You can use a Firefox Live Bookmark, or a feed reader that you have installed on your computer, or through a Web service such as My Yahoo!, Bloglines or Google Reader.
Reason No. 13 : Live Titles
Keep an eye on that auction or the status of a delivery using the new Live Titles feature in Firefox 2. Compact enough to fit as a bookmark label, Live Titles are regularly updated summaries of the most important information on a Web page. As the information on the page gets updated, so does your Live Title.
Reason No. 14 : Integrated Search
Firefox helps you find whatever it is that you are looking for. The Search bar comes pre-loaded with search engines for Google, Yahoo!, Amazon, eBay, Answers.com, and Creative Commons. Wherever you are on the Web, you can enter a search term in the Search bar and receive immediate answers from the search engine you have chosen. You can select a new search engine from the Search bar menu at any time, and add search engines from hundreds of your favorite Web sites.
Reason No. 15 : Live Bookmarks
Firefox Live Bookmarks let you view Web feeds such as news and blog headlines in the bookmarks toolbar or menu. With one glance, quickly review the latest headlines from your favorite sites and click to go directly to the articles that interest you.
Reason No. 16 : Look and Feel
In Firefox you can change the Look and Feel of your browser by using different themes.
Reason No. 17 : Options
Less confusing and cluttered than IE’s Internet Options is another reason in Firefox. You can easily navigate through each setting. Deleting saved passwords is a snap and clearing any saved history.
Reason No. 18 : Add-on for everyone
Firefox allows you to choose add-ons over one thousand add-ons at Firefox web site. Try using them, its quiet fantastic. An Add-On manager will help you to arrange all the add-ons
Reason No. 19 : Search Engine Manager
You can now quickly add, remove and re-order your search engines in the Search bar. Firefox 2 will also detect when a Web site has a search engine that can be installed, and will install it for you with a single click in the drop-down menu.
The more secure browser to browse web pages you want than IE. you will be protected from most security threats of the world wide web. Firefox included Phishing Protection to protect your financial details fished out anonymously.
Reason No.2 : Open Source
Firefox is an open source program and thousands of experienced programmers and security experts are contributing to Firefox to beat all security threats.
Reason No.3 : Protection from Spy Ware
Firefox will not allow to download any software automatically. Without your explicit agreement, Firefox will not allow any web pages to download and install software. So you are absolutely protected from Spy Ware
Reason No.4 : Automated Update
Firefox’s update system always checks to see if you are running the latest version, and notifies you when a security update is available in over 40 languages. These security updates are small (usually 200KB - 700KB), giving you only what you need and making the security update quick to download and install.
Reason No.5 : Clear Private Data
Firefox offers the ability to clear all your private Web browsing data with just one click with the Clear Private Data tool. You can be confident that when you clear your private data in Firefox it’s gone - whether you are using your own computer or one at the library.
Reason No.6: Tabbed Browsing
You don't have to open many windows and flooded up your status bar with too many windows. Using Firefox you can open as many as Tabs in a single window.
Reason No. 7 : Spell Checking
Don't you sure about spelling of a word while you type your email? Firefox has this feature enabled and it will highlight the wrong words and will tell you the correct spelling.
Reason No. 8 : Search Suggestions
Firefox will suggest the search items, that you type on the integrated search box of Firefox. This works for Google, Yahoo and Answers.Com
Reason No. 9 : Accessibility
Firefox helps to browse visually impaired too. Firefox includes support for DHTML accessibility. Web developers can create pages that reduce the amount of tabbing required to navigate a document to minimize keystrokes for those with mobility disabilities. Firefox also includes support for Microsoft Active Accessibility, Microsoft’s accessibility API standard for Windows. This support allows Firefox to work with screen readers such as GW Micro’s Window-Eyes and Freedom Scientific’s JAWS
Reason No.10 : Popup Blocker
The Firefox blocks unwanted pop-ups that irritates the user when visiting to a web site. You can customize the pop-up blocking options to allow your favorite webs tie to show pop-ups for you!
Reason No. 11 : Session Restore
Losing your place while you’re doing things on the Web is a pain. Now, with Session Restore, if Firefox has to restart or closes when it comes back you will pick up exactly where you left off. The windows and tabs you were using, the text you typed into forms, and the in-progress downloads you had running will all be restored. You can even set Firefox 2 to always restore your previous session instead of loading a home page, so you will never lose your place again.
Reason No.12 : RSS Feeds
What do news headlines, indie rock podcasts, and pictures of kittens have in common? They are all things that you can subscribe to with Web feeds. Firefox 2 gives you full control over Web feeds, showing you a preview and letting you choose how you want to subscribe. You can use a Firefox Live Bookmark, or a feed reader that you have installed on your computer, or through a Web service such as My Yahoo!, Bloglines or Google Reader.
Reason No. 13 : Live Titles
Keep an eye on that auction or the status of a delivery using the new Live Titles feature in Firefox 2. Compact enough to fit as a bookmark label, Live Titles are regularly updated summaries of the most important information on a Web page. As the information on the page gets updated, so does your Live Title.
Reason No. 14 : Integrated Search
Firefox helps you find whatever it is that you are looking for. The Search bar comes pre-loaded with search engines for Google, Yahoo!, Amazon, eBay, Answers.com, and Creative Commons. Wherever you are on the Web, you can enter a search term in the Search bar and receive immediate answers from the search engine you have chosen. You can select a new search engine from the Search bar menu at any time, and add search engines from hundreds of your favorite Web sites.
Reason No. 15 : Live Bookmarks
Firefox Live Bookmarks let you view Web feeds such as news and blog headlines in the bookmarks toolbar or menu. With one glance, quickly review the latest headlines from your favorite sites and click to go directly to the articles that interest you.
Reason No. 16 : Look and Feel
In Firefox you can change the Look and Feel of your browser by using different themes.
Reason No. 17 : Options
Less confusing and cluttered than IE’s Internet Options is another reason in Firefox. You can easily navigate through each setting. Deleting saved passwords is a snap and clearing any saved history.
Reason No. 18 : Add-on for everyone
Firefox allows you to choose add-ons over one thousand add-ons at Firefox web site. Try using them, its quiet fantastic. An Add-On manager will help you to arrange all the add-ons
Reason No. 19 : Search Engine Manager
You can now quickly add, remove and re-order your search engines in the Search bar. Firefox 2 will also detect when a Web site has a search engine that can be installed, and will install it for you with a single click in the drop-down menu.
Firefox to open corporate office in China
The Mozilla Corporation, the company behind the popular Internet browser, Firefox, has their eyes set on China in an effort to compete in the world’s second-largest Web market.
The Mozilla Corporation was established in August 2005 to handle the revenue operations of the Mozilla Foundation, a non profit organization, with a rumored $75 million profit from Firefox in 2005 and an ever increasing ad revenue from Firefox’s Google toolbar.
Mozilla has been in China for some time now, but their presence consists of a non-profit office entirely dedicated to supporting open-source software. Mozilla is ready to take the next step by opening up a corporate office in Beijing.
Skeptics are questioning whether the new corporate office will have any influence on the browser’s popularity in China; stating that it’s already available worldwide, and anyone is free to download and share the open-source browser, and tweak it to their liking.
Mozilla Chief Operating Officer, John Lilly, is expecting to match their Japanese market with a nine percent share in China in just a couple years; however, Lilly is taking a different approach to winning over the market by not pushing it on consumers. “It’s not our goal to make sure that everyone in the world is using Firefox. My main goal is that people know there’s a choice.”
The explorers of the Internet are constantly switching from Internet Explorer to Firefox, and not just because of security; Firefox prides itself in its security. A 2006 Symantec study showed that Firefox had surpassed Internet Explorer in the number of vendor-confirmed vulnerabilities that year through September.
The bottom line - Firefox is fun; with developers constantly pushing out extensions and add-ons, it will be impossible for the nearly 135 million users of China to resist.
Source: TECH.BLORGE.com
The Mozilla Corporation was established in August 2005 to handle the revenue operations of the Mozilla Foundation, a non profit organization, with a rumored $75 million profit from Firefox in 2005 and an ever increasing ad revenue from Firefox’s Google toolbar.
Mozilla has been in China for some time now, but their presence consists of a non-profit office entirely dedicated to supporting open-source software. Mozilla is ready to take the next step by opening up a corporate office in Beijing.
Skeptics are questioning whether the new corporate office will have any influence on the browser’s popularity in China; stating that it’s already available worldwide, and anyone is free to download and share the open-source browser, and tweak it to their liking.
Mozilla Chief Operating Officer, John Lilly, is expecting to match their Japanese market with a nine percent share in China in just a couple years; however, Lilly is taking a different approach to winning over the market by not pushing it on consumers. “It’s not our goal to make sure that everyone in the world is using Firefox. My main goal is that people know there’s a choice.”
The explorers of the Internet are constantly switching from Internet Explorer to Firefox, and not just because of security; Firefox prides itself in its security. A 2006 Symantec study showed that Firefox had surpassed Internet Explorer in the number of vendor-confirmed vulnerabilities that year through September.
The bottom line - Firefox is fun; with developers constantly pushing out extensions and add-ons, it will be impossible for the nearly 135 million users of China to resist.
Source: TECH.BLORGE.com
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