Thanks to PortableApps, I can now take my most useful and favorite piece of software, Firefox, with me to teach on my flash drive.
I have always been frustrated with the Windoze machines in our classrooms. First, they’re Windoze machines. Secondly, and more importantly, they never have Firefox installed, so I and my students are required to use IE. Big deal, you say. Well, I’ve gotten used to tabbed browsing, and once you do, there’s no going back to the to the design disaster that is IE.
With PortableApps, I can now take Firefox with me on my flash drive, including all the plug-ins I’ve grown accustomed to, like Greasemonkey, Google Browser Sync, and Word Count. With the cool launcher they have in their bundled suite, using these portable programs is a pleasure. I’ve been waiting for something like this for a while.
Oh, and PortableApps is not limited to Firefox. They have many useful pieces of software, from SSH clients to OpenOffice. Cool. Thanks, PortableApps.