Someone once mentioned using a portable version of firefox. I intend to check it out soon myself. http://utilu.com/UtiluMFC/
This way you don't have to install it on another drive and all that fuss. On Sunday, January 26, 2014 11:09:32 AM UTC-7, Kev Richards wrote: > > Like a lot of people I really cannot work without Tiddlysnip. How useful > to just do right click, save page or url or section and then see it as a > Tiddler complete with source link. However, firefox has developed whereas > some plugins have not and there has not been anything to replace them - > imagine not being able to edit your TW anymore, crazy. > > This is what I do. I use Sandboxie for most of my browsing because it > protects my real hard drives from the rubbish that get's downloaded via the > browser. Basically it creates a "virtual" operating system that fools > programs into thinking they are talking to your actual C drive instead of a > special sandboxed version. Now the great thing is that you can install a > program into it without infecting your C drive. So I install Firefox 16 > into the Sandbox drive and then the Tiddlysnip plugin and the Tiddlyfox for > editing. > > The only pain is to remember to transfer copies out of the sandbox into my > Dropbox folder when I want to access my TWs from another place. Yesterday I > was looking at an older copy of a TW from another computer because I had > forgotten to do just that. Also you have to remember to set Firefox to > Never upgrade and to create a shortcut from your sandboxed firefox. > > So now I have 2 versions of Firefox - the latest one on my real C drive > and the TW one in the Sandbox. I only use the latest one when I have to > access online banking and the like cos it is supposed to be more secure! > > You can of course continue to use Firefox 16 and never upgrade but I don't > think that is a good idea. Sandboxie is free to use without the extras. > Every now and again you should completely delete the entire Sandbox > contents to clean out the inevitable junk (after you copy your TW files out > of it). > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
