If you are like me who like to have portable applications and utilities in a USB stick/drive, these portable web browsers would prove useful and handy where you would be able to store and bring your favourite web browser settings and configuration wherever you go.

I like to use these portables application as a test trial first before doing any installation on my host PC. That way, the application can be added and removed without cluttering the PC registry (which will slows down the system).

Anyway here are the more popular web browsers in portable mode, thanks to the folks at PortableApps, Stadt-bremerhaven, Opera-usb, and Technophilia.

Download Portable Firefox 3.1

Download Portable Google Chrome

Download Portable Opera 9.52

Download Portable Apple Safari 3.1.2

Oh, and if you are curious and a loyal IE fan, you can try the new Internet Explorer 8 Beta too:

Download Portable Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1

(Picture credit: Gizmodo.com)

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3. Japan Firefox mascot: Foxkeh

Here’s a cute Firefox mascot developed from Japan Mozilla, named Foxkeh to promote the Mozilla Firefox browser in Japan. 

The website also offers calendar wallpapers for each month of the year, as well some cute Foxkeh pictures/graphics that you can use for your site.

What I found to be interesting is the picture of the chronological development of the web browser since 1993. What a big difference it has been from the days of the first web browser, the Mosaic.

Click here to download the file.

Foxkeh

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