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FF is installed on company desktop, which owner uses often.
I carry apps and files on USB drive, including FF portable; completely customized to my liking. Owner in this situation is not a tech person at all; so a whole lot easier and much more pleasant to carry my browser, apps, files, and such in my pocket. All I need is a USB port and the 'power office' comes alive; side stepping the amateur office.
I was using the Google search bar, which I don't actually use very often, and discovered that my portable FF seems to have picked up every search that the owner has ever made from the desktop install. Why? How? Is the portable app not completely independent of the desktop install?
I will have to wait until I am back in that office to see if the reverse is also true. Does the desktop install somehow pick up and store my search bar entries?
This is a new twist for me. I have a customized Google tab that I use for most searches, so don't actually use the search bar that much - but the owner sure does:))
Is this 'standard'? Should it be occurring? How are the two connected?
If I use a Google tab exclusively for searches (which is usually the case) does this prevent a record from being picked up on the desktop install? If there is a record, how do I find it?
If I open the desktop FF (and/or the my portable app) and go to: Tools > Options > Privacy > and uncheck "Remember what I enter in forms and the search bar.", will this be sufficient to disable the two browsers from 'talking to each other'?
I have stumbled on more info than I want to know, and will now need to delete all of the Google search bar history. I don't need all of that junk in my search bar history. What is the easiest way to do that?
With USB aps it is good to have as much as possible of the read write done on the system disk because all those write and re-writes will shorten the life span of the USB flash drive.
Mack.
all those write and re-writes will shorten the life span of the USB flash drive.
I did not know that. Interesting. How significantly?
The drive that I use in the 'office' office sees very heavy use; because security, backup... are very lax. When catastrophe inevitably strikes I will be unaffected - except for suddenly becoming the 'go to' guy to clean up the mess:)) I back up the drive on my home office machine at least weekly, so safe on all data in which I have a personal interest. (It will be the loss of programs, configurations..... that will finally be the eye opener.
all those write and re-writes will shorten the life span of the USB flash drive.
I did not know that. Interesting. How significantly?
