nowrep/QupZilla — Issue #99: Portability
Author: vectorspin
Created: 2011-12-27 22:12:51+00:00
State: open

As someone big into portable software, was looking for a way to:

1. Make settings save and read from the local folder
2. Internal controls that work relative to their home folder so you can move the program to another folder and it doesn't break
3. Write as little to the operating system as possible.

When software is self-contained, its easier to run from a USB drive, as well as duplicate over a network, backup, and emulate on non-standard operating systems.

There are a variety of ways to tackle this: could be a command-line switch, a separate portable version, or other ways I can go into.

There's a thread over on a site that talks about your program and its portability:

http://www.portablefreeware.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=44877

Thanks!