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<font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3">Alex,</font> </p>
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<font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3">I've been experimenting mostly. Things are kind of gel-ing around portableApps (for windows) so far. I did try other combinations of things though, Portable FireFox (from Mozilla) with the POW extension, FF (packaged via portableApps) with Apache Portable, Full Apache with portable FF, Full Apache with FF from PortableApps.</font> </p>
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<font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3">I finally got FULL Apache to do what I was looking to do. I was really wanting the POW extension for FF to be workabale though, since it would make portability across OS's much nicer. I may go back and hit that again using what I've learned and see if I can still make that work. The one click option seems like it might be nicer this way, since all the user would need to do is start FF from the USB. Database services may be problematic with this approach though, but I could build in a controller right into the Browser for this.</font> </p>
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<font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3">So, where am I at now. PortableApps/XAMPP seems to be the best option for Windows which is what I started working on. I intend to attack MAC and Linux as well. The end result is to have a standalone mapping service start up either automatically after insertion into the USB and/or a one click startup.</font> </p>
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<font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3">bobb</font> </p>
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Bob,<br><br>I think there a few of us who could help you solve that over on the Live<br>Demo email list. I've done my share of work on USB portable applications.<br><br>Alex<br><br><br>Bob Basques wrote:<br>> Another item related to ease of use for newbies.  I've been working on and off the last couple of weeks on a USB based Web demo.<br>><br>> I've gotten all component to work, now trying to get it down to a single one button startup.  I'm working on it for Emergency response uses, but there are other uses I'm sure.  I'm also interested in how a standalone suite like this might update itself automatically.<br>><br>> bobb<br>><br>><br>><br>>>>> Alex Mandel <tech_dev@wildintellect.com> 09/30/09 9:36 PM >>><br>> I've been out of the loop and missed all the summer meetings, did they<br>> even happen? What about tonight, are we having a meeting?<br>><br>> Agenda Items:<br>> FOSS4G - last minute stuff<br>> AGM in December - Tyler was invited to speak? are we going to do a booth?<br>> Next 5 years - Bob's ideas, Live GIS project might fit<br>><br>> FYI- California chapter is doing a 50min demo of QGIS, PostGIS,<br>> Mapserver, OpenLayers and OpenJump at NACIS next week.<br>><br>> Thanks,<br>> Alex<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Marketing mailing list<br>> Marketing@lists.osgeo.org<br>> <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing</a><br>><br><br>
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