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Iron is packaged for portable use with permission from SRWare.
portableapps.moviesx.org Platform 2.0 Beta 5 s who already have this app installed, simply click 'Check for Updates' in your PA.c Menu to update to the new version.
Features 593a4d
Iron is based on the open source Chromium source code that the Google Chrome browser is based on. Iron does not include the unique ids, timestamps, custom error pages and other information present in some Google Chrome packages.
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Iron Portable is packaged in a portableapps.moviesx.org Installer so it will automatically detect an existing portableapps.moviesx.org installation when your drive is plugged in. It s upgrades by installing right over an existing copy, preserving all settings. And it's in portableapps.moviesx.org Format, so it automatically works with the portableapps.moviesx.org Suite including the Menu and Backup Utility.
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Comments 1q5n3q
No Go 573s10
File access error upon trying to from server. Tried it 3 times, error on all tries.
Works here. Try a different 1k4h3u
Works here. Try a different mirror?
Nope 1ss17
Same error on iWeb, CDNetwork and Superb mirrors.
not running under Win2K 3t2rq
not starting in Win2K
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Uned 6c4d5w
As with most newer apps, and all major Webkit-based browsers (Chrome, Chromium, Iron, Chrome Plus, Safari, Flock, etc), it will not run on Windows 2000. I've updated the ed OS list to remove 2k from it (it was inadvertently included).
Yeah!!! 591e24
Yes! Many thanks for hard working on Iron. Happy
Source Code 2v1j6b
The source code to Iron comes in three parts according to the homepage, only part 1 of the 7-Zip archive is on the PortableApps link. From the Iron page:
src.7z.001
src.7z.002
src.7z.003
From the PortableApps link:
Iron9.0.600.2src.7z.001
So .002 and .003 are missing, unless PortableApps has combined the 3 part archive into one and given it the wrong extension (the Iron page does not say how big each archive file is sadly, so I can't compare to the 300MB PortableApps version).
is that 300MB 4i31q
PortableApps version a typo?
No typo 3b6eu
Nope, 300MB is correct. And the PortableApps source code folder is missing parts 2 and 3, I've been able to confirm that. From the RapidShare site for the source code, part 1 is 314572KB (which is what is on PortableApps), part 2 is 314572KB and part 3 is 257718KB (both 2 and 3 are missing from PortableApps). So, total source code size would be about 800-900MB. I think I will give this one a miss.
Edit: Have just checked the PortableApps source folder again, and someone must have noticed - as all three parts are now there. 886.9 MB in total. Man alive, I hope something that big is made of solid gold - that's the only way it would be worth the .
I don't know, when you last 6l5333
I don't know, when you last checked, but in the source folder on sourceforge, all three are present since some hours (with same sizes). Maybe it was some kind of timing issue...-edit-
parallel posting
Slow (as pointed out in a recent post, it's a big one ;-> ) 6x15o
I'm guessing it was just a slow , probably due (at least in part) to it's relatively large file sizes, because when I first checked (shortly after the release) there was nothing there (just an empty folder), and I typed out a whole post to point it out politely, and then my system froze up and i figured I could wait to rewrite it till the next day, and when I got back to it, there it was, no polite post to point it out necessary.
Languages 403g1m
Hello,
I can`t change the languages. After restart Iron the languages is evry Time english.
Automatic Language Switching 286mq
In addition to what AlexWolf said - Iron Portable should automatically switch to the language of the platform if that is used. If used standalone it defaults to english as the language variable of the launcher is not set.
You could comment out the language switch entirely if you wish to use your OS setting instead:
File: IronPortable\App\AppInfo\Launcher\IronPortable.ini
That would break automatic language switching with the platform, though...
Tip: using proxies with Iron 656e5d
Although Srware have been providing their own portable (non-exe) version, I am very glad it was released here because this will certainly increase the base! For me, Iron is the "browser of the present" because I am using it daily for the following reasons:
a) It's a German product and I do trust their sensitivity in privacy matters
b) It's small, fast, efficient and the first "true" portable browser app in the sense that it allows multiple instances out of the box - good luck doing that with Firefox!
c) It can be easily configured to use proxies using a .bat file, as follows:
1. Make a new empty text file with Notepad
2. Type in a singe line
"c:\PortableApps\IronPortable\IronPortable.exe" --proxy-server="proxyserver:port"including the "" as quoted above, where proxyserver:port is the IP and port of a proxy in the country you are interested in.
3. Save the file in the IronPortable dir as called e.g. IronProxy.bat and use that instead of IronPortable.exe
4. You can configure several .bat files for different proxies you regularly use, and each of them will properly call an Iron instance running from the same installation dir. For example, I have one .bat for USA and another for UK - restricted content.
I hope soon there will be an upgrade mechanism built in so that Iron gets automatically updated when new versions appear.
Would be nice to see this 396225
Would be nice to see this written as a help file on pa.com
IronPortable.ini 5r3s6d
If there's enough interest, I could also include ProxyServer and ProxyPort settings in IronPortable.ini for the next release. It wouldn't be difficult to do, although it would require you to keep (and rename, since Iron Portable only looks in the file named IronPortable.ini for settings) multiple copies of IronPortable.ini if you use multiple proxies.
Hold Off 3ku10
Hold off on that as we'll be handling this at the platform level. I'll need to do a Revision to fix the language issue. Future testing note: ensure language selection remains on restart when not using the PA.c Platform. This trumps automatic language switching.
You do mean proxy , right? Just out of curiosity, how will that work? (My guess is that, since each app has its own "proxy override" set up in a different way, we'll probably replace and later restore the system proxy server. Wouldn't that require privs, though?)
What did I do wrong with the languages? A missing
[LanguageFile]section?Correct 486ge
Without writing the setting to a file that the GUI reads (FileWriteN) and also reading it from that file (LanguageFile), the whole thing falls down and the is stuck in English every single time. I may have the installer refuse to compile apps like that.
Got it 6w2c5o
I'll add a
[LanguageFile]section to the next Iron release. Don't bother with a Revision build - Iron V10.0.650.0 is out, so I'll just add the fix to that release when I get a chance to build it.With regard to proxies, I found an extension called Proxy Switchy that appears to do exactly what people are looking for (disclaimer: I haven't used it, so I don't know how its portability, security, etc. hold up).
Languages 403g1m
@bobboo
Open the file 'IronPortable\App\AppInfo\Launcher\IronPortable.ini'.
Change the value '--lang=%PAL:LanguageCustom%' to '--lang=de' (the name of the file language.dll in the folder 'IronPortable\App\Iron\locales' you need) in the setting "CommandLineArguments=---data-dir="%PAL:DataDir%\IronPortableData" --lang=%PAL:LanguageCustom%".
yay 4l295y
glad this came out
Any Issues like Chrome? 371j4t
This is great. I'd never even heard of this before.
Question:
Chrome Portable has the "s Not Saved Between PCs By Default" and "Certificates Not Portable" issues that are well documented on the Chrome Portable page.
Does Iron have the same issues?
It would be great to have a truly free, truly portable browser to use along side (or possibly in place) of FF (especially a WebKit based one). Is Midori next on the list?
P.S. the icon looks great!
Same 175e71
Every Chromium browser (Chrome, Chromium, Chrome Plus, Iron, etc) works the same way. None include proxy functionality, encryption, etc. They all rely on Windows (Internet Explorer) components for that.
Thank you John! 544p6u
Thanks for the reply. To the layman (like me) all the browsers look like they are separate (unless listed like beta as with FF and Chrome pages). It is hard to tell where the similarities end and the differences begin sometimes.
But that is the perspective of someone who doesn't code. Of course we are all free to check these things out due to the open nature of the code, but not all of us have the ability to decipher it regrettably lol.
Anyway, thank you for the answer.
So you didn't say no to Midori... is that a yes then?
Chrome can use a socks5 3qe6a
Chrome can use a socks5 proxy, buts its funky to get at.
Great we are spoilt 12o2q
Good to see more choices out there in browser world.
First there was Opera (still some problems, mainly turbo related) then.. maxthon opened a whole world on efficient browsing of the web now iron.
Will be keen to try this as there is nothing I like more than using many browsers since it means no long lists of favorites, just a bar along the top.
Thanks PA.com
Sentence 1j101v
"Iron is based on the open source Chromium source code that..." Would sound better as "Iron is based on the open Chromium source code that".
Mentioning 2 times source within 3 words sounds... odd.
or "open source Chromium 1t6w1w
or
"open source Chromium code"
but you're right, it doesn't sound good repeating source like that.
Thanks 2v2w32
hello @all
thanks for the help.
not bad, but chrome comes 4ya1x
not bad, but chrome comes bundled with the latest flash plugin, hmm
and what about a3n27
a built-in PDF Viewer? Is that present or not?
nope 6z2y5o
nope, chrome only
But you can add it 706p62
For those who choose Iron over Chrome, there is no need to be without the built in PDF reader. If all you desire is simple PDF reading, and not things that other PDF readers (SumatraPDF, etc) afford you, then find yourself a copy of pdf.dll (I got it from D/L and “installing” Chrome Portable – https://portableapps.moviesx.org/apps/internet/google_chrome_portable) and put it in the same directory as iron.exe. A restart may be in order, also a visit to chrome://plugins may be required to enable it after chrome restart.
Thank You 3s381n
Thanks for this guys, between this and Texter, it looks like you're integrating all of my daily use non-portableapps.moviesx.org portable apps.
"Problems at privacy and security" 4t4j1z
Grammatical issue aside, being that PA.c offers Chrome as well, I'm not sure the jab at Chrome should be carried over (unless you're dropping Chrome). Although, if that's the only thing that differentiates Iron/Chromium from Chrome, the lack of some Google thing, I wouldn't know how to word it.
If I didn't know better, I would think I'd made a mistake by installing Chrome Portable and be wary of future PA.c releases.
Between Iron and Chrome the tinfoil hat stuff works great, but for a neutral software vendor offering both... I don't see the advantage.
Just saying.
Good Point 3z2u3d
I reworded the description to make it make more sense (and be less hostile). Personally, I don't really have issues with Chrome anymore now that I understand how it uses that information (and that it can be disabled in Options). But, yes, I think this is the sole distinguishing feature of Iron. Lots of s have asked for it, though, so we have added it.
Looks better 2e1b1m
Well, except for the "free Sourcecode" bit, but please understand, I'm not trying to hound you on grammar. Y'all have been real busy up here these past few months, and I'd rather see more apps than perfect grammar. Though, the longer "the days of app-ness" continue, the less the argument against categories (which, I know, are coming in the future) holds water, but that's another matter.
I do know Iron was highly requested... back from when I was more active.
Yeah, the privacy stuff is 1f1r6h
Yeah, the privacy stuff is the main difference between Iron and Chrome. AFAIK, Iron and Chrome are both based on Chromium, so they should have a high percentage of their code in common (although, of course, both Google and SRWare make their own changes and tweaks to the Chromium base code). SRWare may want to differentiate Iron from Chrome a little more, although I haven't seen them make much of an attempt so far.
Iron or Chromium ? e2k6k
Chromium is an open-source project, while Iron is not.
Chromium s Chrome extensions, Iron doesn't.
Long Live Chromium.
Incorrect 11303s
Iron is also open source and the source code is available. It is licensed under the BSD just as the Chromium source code is as it is based on it. Most Chrome extensions work under Iron.
Chromium does not have any stable or official releases and is uned by its own developers. Its sole purpose is to serve as the build process for Google Chrome.
I'm not sure where you get your information, 5v441n
Edit: That post by John T Haller that's right above this one was SO not there when I wrote this one.
(I guess I really do type slow)
Enabling WebGl .... 3i512b
To enable WebGL, you have to add:
--enable-webgl --enable-accelerated-compositing
To the CommandLineArguments= in the [Launch] section of the \IronPortable\App\AppInfo\LauncherIronPortable.ini file.
You can test it out at: www.chromeexperiments.com/webgl
Please Update to 10.0.650.0 4v2n1h
Datum: 09.03.2011
Version: 10.0.650.0
Quelle: http://www.srware.net/en/software_srware_iron_.php
He's working on it: 2o4kx
There is a listing on the Outdated Official Apps thread, in the future please use that to inform the portableapps.moviesx.org Developers that an Official portableapps.moviesx.org app needs updating.
When looking at the list maintained there you may notice, that the Developers already know that SRWare Iron 10.0.650.0 is out, as it is already on the list, and there are multiple comments regarding it below the list, including one in which ComputerFreaker (The portableapps.moviesx.org Developer who currently maintains the Iron Portable release) saying "I'm working on it".
Thank You for your interest in portableapps.moviesx.org apps being kept up-to-date.