Do you want to:
a. Carry a portable version of your favorite web browser on the USB drive? It could be Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome, Apple Safari or even Opera.
b. Simultaneously run multiple versions of Internet Explorer or Firefox on the same computer side-by-side without any hacks.
c. Test the new design of your website in all popular browsers without having to rely on an online service like Browser Shots?
d. You don’t have permissions to install new software on the office computer? How do you then use Safari or Google Chrome instead of Internet Explorer?
e. You have heard lot of good things about Internet Explorer 8 but since that browser is still in beta, you don’t want to override your existing installation of IE 7. How do you then try IE 8 without uninstalling IE 7?
f. You love Browser A but some of your favorite websites only open in Browser B. How can you access these websites without installing B?
Now if you said yes to any of the above questions, all you need is Xenocode – it’s an awesome platform that helps you run any web browser on your computer without installation. Simply download an executable from the Xenocode website and double-click to run that web browser.
Xenocode provides ready-to-use packages for Google Chrome, Apple Safari, Opera, Internet Explorer 6-8 and Firefox 2-3. Xenocode WebApps also let you run multiple application versions side-by-side on any version of Windows.
If you were using virtual machines with VMWare or Microsoft Virtual PC just for testing browser compatibility, it may be a good idea to switch to Xenocode browser as they are fast and you don’t have to wait for the virtual machine to boot up.
Note: Xencode provides a slightly older version of Chrome but you download Chrome 2 (portable) here.
Related: Convince People to Upgrade Web Browsers
Find this article at: http://www.labnol.org/software/run-internet-browser-without-installation/7724/
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Reader Comments
I’d love portable version of app indeed. If there is a way, why not all apps make themselves portable? Won’t that be easy as not to let users worry about the mess up?
Written by Gofree on 03.03.09
Oh, one more thing, the above app is not free?
Written by Gofree on 03.03.09
Gofree – all the portable apps mentioned above are free. In fact they also provide portable version of Adobe Acrobat Reader, Google Talk messenger and GIMP via Xenocode.
Written by Amit on 03.03.09
are they mentioning anything about privacy / TOS?
or do they silently collect user data?
Written by gxg on 03.04.09
Amazing! Xenocode simply beat the difficulty and the time-consuming process of downloading web browsers. Imagine a portable application that lets you browse the internet without any trouble?! This is really cool!
Written by jewel on 03.04.09
POrtable apps do not work on my Vista system. The apps work perfectly fine on other systems. Can you tell what the problem could be?
Written by Murali on 03.04.09
Really good for testing your site in different browsers. But does this run on your desktop or their server?
Written by PropertyWala.com on 03.07.09