By:Ricky On: November 2nd, 2009 —
USB stick/flash drives has been the inevitable integral part of our life for a while now. It is really nice to have some portable USB edition/pocket edition of our favorite software so we can use it with ease at our work place. I usually carry my favorite browsers with me as I hate age old and vulnerable IE6 at my college. Here I am sharing 15 of the best portable web browsers that will be helpful to you all.
usb portable web browsers
Portable Google Chrome:
No matter what Firefox lovers say but Google chrome is the best fastest web browser available. Although I am a big fan of Firefox I prefer to carry portable Google chrome web browser with me. Carry the lightnening fast browser with you by downloading Google chrome. You can add different themes to the portable Google chrome application as well.
Google Chrome portable web browser
Mozilla Firefox 3.5.4 portable web browser:
When it comes to power and usability Firefox has upperhand over other web browsers. Why I like mozill firefox portable web browser is that I can carry my favorite add-ons as well which really helps with my every day need.
Download portable Mozilla Firefox 3.5.4 portable
Mozilla Firefox 3.6 portable web browser:
As I have already mentioned in my previous post on “Firefox 3.6 beta 1 ready for download” that Firefox 3.6 beta 1 is now available for download. You can download the portable version of Mozilla Firefox 3.6 alpha 1 named as “Namoroka” which is based on Gecko 1.9.2 engine is also available for download.
Download Namoroka alpha 1 potable
SeaMonkey Portable Edition:
Seamonkey is a famous internet suite (browser, email, newgroup, chat) which is a bundled application which gives you the power of whole internet in your hand.
Download Seamonkey 2.0 portable edition
Portable Opera USB edition
Opera is a powerful web browser based on Opera technology which is one of the most famous web browser. It has many features like pop up blocking, email program, RSS news feeds and lot more. You can also add editional widgets.
Download Opera portable web browser
PocketFlock portable social browser
Pocketflock is a portable social web browser which supports many services like Flickr, Magnolia, twitter, Youtube and many more.
Download Pocketflock 2.0 portable edition
Avant web browser portable edition
Avant Portable application is the version of famous Avant web browser. It performs much like Firefox with functionalities like pop-up blocker, auto form filler, RSS reader, tabbed browsing and much more
Download Avant portable web browser
xB Anonymous portable web browser
xb Browser is a portable web browser that lets you surf the internet anonymously. xB browser cleans up the recent history and cookies automatically for more privacy.
Download xB anonymous portable web browser
Torpark Anonymous portable web browser
Torpark anonymous web browser is based on the famous TOR project. Torpark lets you surf the internet anonymously by masking your IP address and encrypting your data.
Download Torpark Anonymous portable web browser
OperaTor anonymous browser:
OperaTor is a portable web browser that is based on the technology of opera and TOR project. OperaTOR lets you surf anonymously with the power of opera web browser.
Download OperaTor 3.5 portable web browser
Qt portable web browser:
Qtweb is a lightweight, fast and secure portable web browser. It is based on the Appkle’s webkit rendering engine which supports mulitple languahe, tabbed browsing, download manager and many more features.
Download Qt portable web browser
Green portable Internet browser:
Green browser offers many features like ad filters, inbuilt download manager, proxy setup, selectable skins and lot more. It functions much like internet explorer.
Download Green browser portable application
Maxthon portable web browser:
Maxthon is one of the most powerful web browser with many features like secure browsing, skins, layouts, hot keys support, plugins and much more.
Download Maxthon portable web browser
Portable K-Meleon web browser:
Many of you have not heard about the K-Meleon web browser but it a one of the powerful web browser based on Gecko technology which is adopted by Firefox as well. It supports tabbed browsing, mouse gesture, context menu, shortcut customization, skins and much more
Download portable K-Meleon web browser
SRWare Iron: The browser of the future:
SRWare developer who calls their browser the browser of future is based on Chromium source code. It is known for its sleek design, fast rendering, unique user interface and many features.
Download SRWare portable web browser
Well I tried searching for portable application of Internet Explorer 8 but I couldn’t find any legal version of it. I’ll add it to the list whenever I find the legal version from trusted source.
Ricky is currently pursuing Engineering in IT hub(India). He is a kind of person, who is very keen on learning new things on net such as blogging tutorials, make money online, SEO,blogging tips,wordpress theme customization and many more stuff which he has developed a lot interest towards it.
There are so many available now days that sometimes it’s hard to choose which one to use. Thanks for listing them, glad to see the different types.
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Yes there are many browsers available now a days. I will stick to FF as I love the flexibility provided by it plus add-ons it offers.
all my lab in university using ie, and make it worse old ie.. i can’t install new browser because i have no privilege, so i using portable really help me out.
Hi there,
You have collected very informative resources of the mini web browsers.
But I like Google Chrome due to its simplicity.
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Google chrome is really cool when it comes to speed. Good to see you here. Keep in touch
Good list dude.
i too hate internet explorer.
@crazy blogger
I said I hate the old age IE6. If it comes to IE8 then I will say that it is really good. I’ll still prefer Firefox over IE.
Great blog! I will be back!
@Mike Taylor
Thank you for commenting. Hope to see you around
These would’ve been extremely helpful when I used to travel for business. I’ll definitely have to keep them in mind in the future.
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@Gabe
I am sure that it will help you out a lot in the future
I just know that there are so many portable web browser. Portable web browser surely make us can browse internet with our fav web browser any time any where.
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Portable web browsers are really helpful at work place or college. I can’t survive without them.lol
I still prefer Firefox as my browser.
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I also prefer Firefox as my favorite portable web browser. The main reason behind this is huge list of useful add-ons.
Portable web browser has its own market. Opera mini is very famous. I think because of early entry in market.
@Rahul
You are right buddy. Portable application has its own market. BTW opera mini is a mobile web browser which is different from portable web browser. Thank you for commenting
so many browsers out there.I am with ff since i love the plugin which comes with it
@zeesu
I am also with FF. It is the best browser available.
I like the portable applications, and I use them some times specially on my USB memory stick! some times you need it!
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@Hesham
I always keep firefox with my favorite addon with me. It is really helpful for me. Thank you for commenting
Wow! This is awesome collections Ricky. Thanks
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Thank you for liking the post buddy.
@izzat aziz
I am having the same problem that’s why I use portable applications. Hope you find it useful
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great list mate i even not aware of some of these. nice post
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. Keep in touch
Thank you for liking the post. Hope you found it useful
Hey, wow.. such a long list! I really didn’t know that so many different browsers existed even -:P
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There are many browsers out there. The only problem is that they are not that famous. Which browser(s) did you try from the list?
I never knew the idea of these portable browsers…Thanks for letting me know about it.
Really so much I can know from you bloggers.
Thanks
TC
@Neo
Glad to hear that you liked it. Thank you for commenting
Great list. I was using firefox portable but was aware about Chrome portable . Thanks for Sharing.
@Ruchi
Chromium is a good browser as it is very simple and fastest. Have you tied any other portable application?
I have known many browsers before and now I knew them. Thanks for sharing and I will download theme to bring with me. Thanks again
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@Tinh
Let us know which one do you find useful?
Wow, I honestly didn’t know about portable browsers. I carry around 3 USB flash drives everywhere I go like it’s part of my anatomy. The only portable application I have in one USB is mowes portable (a portable LAMP for my PHP web development). And among your list, I only am familiar with 5.
I’m sure glad to find this info because I need to test my website creations with several browsers. Thanks
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@James Moralde
. I’ll soon post about add-ons so it will help the readers as well.
Glad to hear that you find it useful
Really big list, I have never seen some of them. Thanks for listing here.
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Nice collection mate… Stumbled the article for you
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Thank you for the stumble buddy. It is really helpful
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