So why do people use portable apps? Well they use them so they can take programs/applications they have on their own computer, to a computer which either doesn't have those programs, or a computer that is not their own. A plus side is that these application don't need to be installed on any computer as they are all installed via USB flash drive.
Personally I like the concept since these applications are usually small in file size, and they work quite well.
Anyway it's on with the review.
First I'm going to review Google Chrome portable.
Google Chrome is a web browser developed by (you guessed it) Google. It's fast, and it's also a very stable browser.
The portable version is just as good, for testing it i decided to run the browser at college to see how it performs on lower end specs and a slow connection. Surprisingly it worked fast and efficiently. However it didn't let me on facebook as it's blocked in college. It's a fast browser that does the job. In Version 4.0 you can add themes, but the portable version doesn't allow this for some reason. Overall it works well, doesn't crash and remains fast in terms of internet browsing speed.
Next I'm going to review Portable FireFox.
I've got Firefox(3.5) installed at home, and it's amazing to use. However it wasn't installed on the computers at college and I think I needed it as the college still uses IE6 and I needed something a little more faster.
I really like using this at college, the browsing speed is good but it's nothing special. I've also added a theme which had to be done manually and I think it would have been nice to allow this portable version to add theme's automatically. There are also stability issues when running this at college, and even at home. However despite all the issues, the YouTube playback capability (after installing flash) was ok. Like with Google Chrome it did have problems playing HD content. One thing that does stand out with this browser is that none of the websites are blocked(as you can see from the screen shot above) also it's an outdated version of FireFox (3.0 to be exact) and you have to update it by hand. On the whole it works for what I use it for (Facebook obviously, however if you don't like installing add-on's and plug in's by hand then I would avoid using this. It is however a common application used in homes, since it's capable so it's not surprising it's a popular application. They just need to nail the few problems with it(presumably by upgrading to 3,5). If you have lower end hardware then I would stick with Gooogle Chrome.
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