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Portable Apps platform 2.0 coming soon with loads of improvements
Currently in beta for about two more weeks, the final release is slated for some time later this month. Among the improvements you'll find are an enhanced theming system, a new Aero-enabled theme, and a built-in PortableApps.Com Updater to keep your suite current. There's also an expanded options screen with dozens of user-configurable settings and access to the new themes via an easy-to-use switcher.
Another part of the 2.0 platform is the much-improved Launcher, which makes it even easier for developers to create portable versions of their apps. More details about the Launcher can be found on the PortableApps blog.
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Subscribe to commentsChristian GindlespergerJul 1st 2010 4:37PM
Did they add in support for subfolders in the main menu yet? If not, I'm not switching from geek.menu.
John T. HallerJul 1st 2010 7:45PM
Christian - Yes, folder support is coming in 2.0 final. It's called categories and uses the default set from the website (Internet, Utilities, Security, Office, etc) that all the apps have included. From there, you can create your own categories and move apps around as you'd like. There are multiple configuration options for displaying the app list including whether you want to use favorites and whether you want to show most used apps first. See the screenshots for the 4 options you have for app organization to see what I mean.
Christian GindlespergerJul 2nd 2010 5:23PM
That is great news--I didn't see the categories in your screenshots of the menu, but I did see where users have the option of implementing them.
Categories are essential for organizing a portable menu app, and unfortunately the geek.menu implementation looks like it was a bit of a kludge (and now no one appears to be working on it at all). I'm excited to see what you guys have done with it.
And to the point about app library size, aren't all portable apps interchangeable? I've installed plenty of apps from outside the official stable with few problems....
AnthonyJul 1st 2010 7:48PM
I've been using Liberkey for a while now, and I've been very happy with it. It has a lot more apps than PortableApps.
ScootahJul 1st 2010 10:32PM
Liberkey's feature set really sets it above portableapps for me. PortableApps has a very nice skin - but that's about where it stops being the winner.
Liberkey has as anthony mentioned, substantially more apps, but it also has the facillity to one click remap extension bindings to it's applications, and one click update it's entire app suite - which puts it substantially ahead for me.