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Universal Firefox on a USB Key

1,020 bytes added, 14:17, 26 February 2008
0.1
Resources: sxip/dick, http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Chrome_Registration#platform_.28Platform-specific_packages.29, http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Bundles#Platform-specific_Subdirectories, http://ted.mielczarek.org/code/mozilla/crashme.xpi
=== Version 0.1 ===We have approached the project from a packaging perspective as such we have been working on a proof of concept script to manage Firefox's directory structure.
sdasdWe have decided to write a script that allows firefox to read the profile from a directory on the stick instead the default folder on Windows, which is the Application Data\Mozilla folder. We decided to create our Univerisal Firefox with the following file structure:  . (root of the usb key).\Firefoxes\.\Firefoxes\XP.\Firefoxes\Linux.\Firefoxes\Mac.\Firefoxes\Profiles  For 0.1 we started by installing Firefox 2 on a USB Key. For proof of concept we confirmed that the program is running from the Key by adding an alert to one of the buttons on the browser. The alert triggered during testing, confirming to us that it is in fact running from the key and not from the local machine. We further confirmed this by running Firefox from the key on a Windows XP image that only had the default installation and no Firefox previously installed. Profile
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