Portable Applications are the softwares that can be run directly from a portable device without requiring installation. These are quite useful if you travel a lot and need your softwares with you all the time. You can keep portable versions of your favorite softwares all the time with you on a USB drive and they can be run from any computer with a USB port.
Moreover, the greatest benefit of using portable applications is that none of the settings, history, data is kept on the host computer as everything is stored on the portable device.
We have compiled a list of 10 essential portable applications for your USB drive that will work on any Windows system.
1. Firefox
Firefox is perhaps one of the must have applications when one talks about essential utilities. With Portable Firefox 3, you can keep all your history, bookmarks and extensions with you always without leaving any trace of activity on host computer. You can also try out OperaTor

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