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General Discussion => Technology and Development => Computer Projects and Ideas => Topic started by: Netham45 on February 18, 2008, 12:26:00 am

Title: Opera and Firefox on public computers
Post by: Netham45 on February 18, 2008, 12:26:00 am

Have you ever found yourself stuck at a public computer with nothing but Internet Explorer? Well, today is your lucky day, because I have just completed assembling the components to this:

These MUST be run in Internet Explorer with ActiveX enabled.

Firefox On The Go (http://netham45.org/ff/firefox.htm)
Opera On The Go (http://netham45.org/opera/operausb.htm)

Edit: It may cause IE to crash. Also, I left a link pointing to localhost by accident. *Fixed*

Digg it plzkthx

http://digg.com/software/Firefox_and_Opera_from_a_public_Internet_kiosk/ (http://digg.com/software/Firefox_and_Opera_from_a_public_Internet_kiosk/)

Title: Opera and Firefox on public computers
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on February 18, 2008, 01:13:00 am

Which version of IE is it compatible with?


EDIT: At least IE7 worked. It is pretty nice, it should help people who cannot run installers on public comps, does it bypass download blockers too? I know at some places like in hi school trying to download a zip file or exe file would give a 403 forbidden error all the time

Title: Opera and Firefox on public computers
Post by: Netham45 on February 18, 2008, 01:41:00 am

It has been tested with IE7 and IE6. I can't guarintee it, but it is most likely compatable with IE5. I'd imagine that IE4 would break that compatability, though. The ActiveX file handles all the downloading, and the files are all compressed into .CAB files(primitive, yes, I know.)

Title: Opera and Firefox on public computers
Post by: kalan_vod on February 18, 2008, 02:09:00 am

Haha, pretty sweet man.

Title: Opera and Firefox on public computers
Post by: TIfanx1999 on February 18, 2008, 02:28:00 am

Heh, interestin but... I'd never consider myself stuck with IE since it is what i use. :)

Title: Opera and Firefox on public computers
Post by: Netham45 on February 18, 2008, 02:32:00 am

well, I dislike IE. Not with a strong passion or anything, I just don't like it too much. I'm not a big fan of Firefox, either. I love Opera, though.

Title: Opera and Firefox on public computers
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on February 18, 2008, 02:52:00 am

I only use IE when some pages doesn't work in other browsers, such as Youtube uploader

Title: Opera and Firefox on public computers
Post by: Netham45 on February 18, 2008, 02:58:00 am

yea, I use IE for the same reasons.

Title: Opera and Firefox on public computers
Post by: kalan_vod on February 18, 2008, 02:38:00 pm

And with windows updates, if I could not have to use IE it would be gone on my system ;)

Title: Opera and Firefox on public computers
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on February 18, 2008, 02:42:00 pm

as expected from your avatar %)

(btw I think you didn't had your avatar ON on the old forums I missed it ;.;)

Title: Opera and Firefox on public computers
Post by: kalan_vod on February 18, 2008, 04:29:00 pm

I think it was off too XD, so would you be able to add some addons via running this?

Title: Opera and Firefox on public computers
Post by: Netham45 on February 18, 2008, 05:22:00 pm

I could add some, but I'd have to repackage and reupload it.