Zinc can be installed as a windows application (called “Zinc standalone”) or as a firefox extension. Zinc standalone is based on Mozilla Firefox so many of the menus and options will be familiar to a Firefox user. However, Zinc standalone is not the same as Firefox and does not use the same locations on your computer to store information. You can install both Zinc Standalone and the Zinc extension on your computer. Here is a table of the differences between Zinc standalone and the Zinc extension:
Differences:
|
Zinc Standalone |
Firefox w/ Zinc Extension |
| Consists of |
Zinc extensions + Firefox (zv.exe) |
Zinc Extensions (zinc_bundle.xpi) |
| Size |
(7mb Extensions + 14 Mb Firefox) = 21 Mb |
7 Mb |
| Default browser |
Does not prompt to make Zinc your default browser. |
prompt |
| Launch |
Icon on Desktop, Start menu Icon |
Extension button on browser toolbar |
| Favorites and history cache (unique per profile) |
%AppData%\Roaming\ZeeVee\ZeeVee\Profiles\8m9zx76w.default\zvMedia.sqlite |
%AppData%\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\f92gs9i6.default\zvMedia.sqlite |
| Items that are same (beta-5) |
Favorites, Queue, History per account |
Favorites, Queue, History per account |
| Items that are unique |
Account list at login, Zinc Version Number, settings -> data, Zviewer extension settings in about:config |
Account list at login, Zinc Version Number, settings -> data, Zviewer extension settings in about:config |
| Feeds automatically loaded |
http:, rss:, zinc: |
rss:, zinc: |
| Install locations |
Program Files |
Extensions folder in your current profile |
To understand more about
Firefox Profiles see
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Profiles
