Mobility today is an integral part of the life of a modern person. Perpetual motion, quick collection of information, work on the verge of a nervous breakdown. And at some point you were left completely without the browser data you need, and at hand only someone else's personal computer.
Portable browser
This is a program for viewing web pages from any medium at any time. With it, you can always have quick access to all the necessary sites on all devices at your fingertips.
The program interface is completely identical to the window of the installed software, the functionality is also the same, they do not litter the system, all settings are easily saved and changed if necessary. This is really a useful thing for long trips, urgent events, and in many similar cases.
Creating a portable browser version
This is a pretty hot topic. Previously, computers were not everywhere. And especially no one was worried about portable programs. But today in every home and organization there is a personal computer and an office computer, respectively. You can use a USB flash drive or disk as a medium, which is important during presentations when the version of the program on the local PC does not support your document, which was created on the latest version.
Using special programs, you can open the necessary files:
- VMware ThinApp
- Cameyo;
- Spoon Studio;
- WinRar
Description of creating a portable browser using the example of Cameyo:
- At startup, select Cameyo.
- Click on the button with the camera icon - Capture app locally. It is possible that in new versions there have been changes in the interface. Keep this in mind.
- After scanning the system, select the program installer, complete the installation and follow the path: C: / Users / Serhiy / Documents / Cameyo apps. There will be a portable version of the program.
Let's say we want to create a portable Yandex. Browser ”, then calmly take any of these instructions and use your health.
Creation through WinRar. Usually everyone has it, just remember to buy a license:
- Select the necessary files, again, you need to install, and click on the "Add to Archive" command.
- "Are common". Choose a file compression method, the more compression, the longer the program will open. Checkmarks - opposite the options “Create SFX archive” and “Create continuous archive”. Do not forget to enter a different name if it matches the original.
- In the Advanced tab, select SFX Options. Specify the path to unpack - "Create in the current folder." In the “Run unpacking field” field, enter the name of the main file with the type * .exe. “Modes” - check the box “Unzip to temporary folder”. The information output mode is “Hide All”.
- Click OK and wait for the process to complete.
In order not to create the program itself due to lack of time or lack of knowledge of what to do, you can use the sites where portable versions are already immediately available, for example, the lightweight portable Opera browser.
Sites for easy download:
- PortableApps.com.
- Opera-USB.com - the name speaks for itself. There, enthusiasts lay out a portable Opera browser.
Advantages and disadvantages
Portable versions have their own specific aspects:
- Due to the peculiarity of portable versions, and more precisely, due to saving not only settings, but also passwords and logins, an unpleasant situation may arise when you lose a flash drive or it is stolen from you. All data on it can be used against you. However, if you encrypt data or adopt a flash driver with biometric protection, this can save your information, but just do not forget the login information yourself.
- When you delete a program from a USB drive, it is not possible to recover software data, since the file system on flash drives is very specific to programs for recovering deleted files.
- At some point, the license may fly off, and there will be no access to the Internet or software to renew the license, you will have to demolish the program files, and if the passwords and logins (if we are talking about a portable browser) are closed, that is, when this data is not copy, then you have to install everything again.
- Do not forget that the number of rewriting cycles of a solid-state medium is limited, which means that the information medium wears out faster. This leads to the emergence of exhausted memory cells and shorten the life of a portable drive. Which again will lead to data loss from a flash drive or other solid state drive.
Conclusion
Be that as it may, portable versions of software can help out in difficult times, like a portable text editor, photo editor, video editor, even an operating system based on the Linux kernel, such as Ubuntu, Lubuntu or Kubuntu, so not only the portable version of Yandex . Browser "can be used in completely different places.