Talk:PortableApps.com

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This article was nominated for deletion on October 16, 2007. The result of the discussion was keep.

Many people find the selection offered small but amazingly good quality —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.32.205.185 (talk) 22:01, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

I've found that the PortableApps.com applications start considerably slower than the official versions, even when not run from a USB-stick. One example of this is VLC Media Player (isn't the official version portable anyway?) 85.76.253.210 (talk) 23:23, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

In the Criticisms section, the first two criticisms are vague and unsubstantiated. While it says that "there are only a limited number of applications available compared to some other platforms", it does not give an example of these "other platforms". It makes a tangential reference to Ceedo and U3, but after looking at their web sites, they appear to offer fewer applications than PortableApps.com. A reference to support this claim, citing at least one of these "other platforms", would be good.

The second criticism, "Furthermore, some of the applications "released" by PortableApps.com are inherently portable..." is misleading, and also does not provide examples. The definition of a 'portable application' is fairly strict. While an application may be designed to run from a single folder, it may nevertheless leave traces in the user profile on the computer; such an application is not inherently portable by the strict definition, and requires a launcher to corral the application settings in a folder, and to remove any traces at application close.

Finally, both these criticisms use the term "some", which is as vague as the term "it has been said". 148.177.1.210 (talk) 23:27, 22 April 2008 (UTC)