Firefox cache to disk could be disabled without disabling RAM cache. Generally, Firefox has the most customization options from all browsers on the earth. That is the reason why I am using it as my main browser. I have no experience with portables because I have never needed them. But you need also disable AutoUpdates, when using portables. Normally it is done via registry, but in portable you have to find another way. Code: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Mozilla] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox] "DisableAppUpdate"=dword:0000001 Firefox clones should not interact with original Firefox in any way, because every clone I know, stores its settings in different location.
I just put the disk cache on RAMdisk, Yeah, maybe FF has in 2023 almost the same customization possibilities that Opera had in 2003 (w/o the need of a single extension) Perhaps I have yet to see a feature of a current browser that isn't a copy of what was introduced (many years) earlier by Opera, other than the extensions. Need is a relative concept if applied to things different than breath, eat, sleep... I remember when 22 years ago people looked at my smartphone, and considered it a geeky thing that they will never "need" Sometimes the lack of "need" is overlooking the possibilities that a definite solution can bring to the table. Not saying it's your case, but it's a possibility. Update in my portable browsers works just as in "normal" installations, minus the silent service that updates w/o user consent.
I'm afraid that something that was a marvel, a revolution in the early 2000, once Jobs and the Americans in general went out the stone age, was turned in a mean to provide more power to corporations and governments. The result is that isn't matter of preference anymore. In many countries you can't LITERALLY live w/o a smartphone, because you need it to pay taxes, access to public services, banking, traveling and so on (don't forget the so called green pass during the pandemic). Here, a lot of online services, billing and alike are already unusable from a PC (unless you use an android emulator and install the needed apps) Even this very site is in small step going to the 2 factor authentication, which (as usual) with the excuse of security steals another piece of privacy and freedom. So while myself as a pioneer of data in mobility (I did my first cellular connection in the early 90's way before the WEB was a thing) in 2023 I use the smartphone in very small doses, I consider your position a respectable preference but not an actual fact (for a large share of people in developed world)
i tried on a vm in a clean win7 installation. there its installs smooth but in an existing installation ,i run it but it does not nothing.it just adds the shortcuts the version remains .120
just stay well away from chrome-based garbage. TOR runs without any glitches here, it just got updated, so hopefully i can still run it for a long time in the future.
Latest Edge v109 for Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 works on Windows 7 too. But Evergreen/WebView2 does not. At least installer does not work. However updating Evergreen is less important for security. So I recommend installing latest Edge, but sticking with Evergreen v109.0.1518.78. My post with browsers is updated. And latest 100% working Evergreen/WebView2 is available here.