Hello cheaptrinkets,
Thank you for your question. Nice to have an opportunity to answer
another of your questions.
I came across the following programs for you to consider:
eNotebook
http://www.enotebook-home.com/
"Offline Browser with Powerful Organizer and WYSIWYG Editor.
Download web pages to store in a single file for offline browsing.
Simply by selecting an IE context menu, valuable web pages,
hyperlinks, pictures and texts would be collected in an eNotebook
file. And what's more, you can catalog the web pages in tree
structured, view offline or online, and edit them with a html wysiwyg
editor. eNotebook is also a powerful information organizer and an
ebook software. By collecting and organizing separated informations
into an eNotebook file, you would publish it as an ebook...
Why use eNotebook?
Did you ever experience that many beautiful or valuable web pages
might probably be gone when you returned there after a couple of days?
The internet changes so fast, that we have to keep and manage many
useful web information in our own hard disk. Generally, you may select
"File/Save As ..." from the web browser while surfing the web, then
locate a folder, enter a filename, and click "Save" button to keep the
page. That sounds like a good idea and simple. But after a number of
web pages have been saved, you'll find it's so frustrated that you
have to face a huge number of files and sub folders gathering and
mixing, and they are usually named with very long filenames, this
makes the file system terribly heavy handed, and more, you will find
it more and more difficult to look for, browse and manage the saved
web pages... Now, eNotebook gives a great solution to manage all your
web pages..."
Sounds like just what you are looking for. And rated 5 cows at
Twocows!
But there are others, of course!
At Simtel
http://www.simtel.net/pub/pd/61588.html
WebGet offline explorer
"WebGet offline explorer is a powerful tool to save and manage your
web page found on the Internet. Multi-ways to save web page
(DragWindow, IE Context Menu, Import from file, Import from clipboard,
and New an article.)..."
AdviceSoft LLC
http://weborganizer.biz/manual.htm
iMiser, the Professional Web Organizer / Offline Browser / Internet
Information Manager
"Use this award-winning program to save the facts, images, and
information you find on the Internet before they're gone forever! Save
and organize those bits of information that get lost so easily, such
as names, addresses, phone numbers, electronic receipts, e-mails,
projects, research, how-to articles, recipes, and much more..."
Aeria Software
http://www.aeria.com/products/index.htm
Leech
"Description
Leech is a high-speed offline web browser for Windows
95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP that downloads web site content to your hard
drive. It is a multi-threaded application which allows you to
simultaneously "leech" multiple files from a server. These files are
stored on your hard drive and can be viewed later without having to
access the Internet. Files can be filtered by file type and size.
Links can be filtered by directory, server, and levels. Additional
options allow you to restrict the amount of time and disk space used
to save a site.
Features
Multiple worker threads (200+)
High-speed downloading
Offline viewing of web content
Smart spider engine
HTTP and HTTPS support
Built-in browser window
Automatic network settings
Filtering of files based on type and/or size
Filtering of links based on directory, server(s), or levels
Restrictions based on time and/or disk space
Multiple sites leeched at once
Reporting of link errors "
This program has received excellent ratings at all of the software
review sites. It sells for $29.95
Something slightly different that you might find useful:
Web Miner
http://www.tribolic.com/webminer/index.html
"Bulk File Download Complexity made simple!
WebMiner is of the easiest to use and yet feature packed web robots
available on the market today.
A wealth of fully customizable features and options set WebMiner apart
from all other web grabbers.
Let WebMiner do the work of downloading thousands of movies, pictures,
songs or whatever you like while you spend your time more
constructively."
MaximumSoft
http://www.maximumsoft.com/products/wc_windows/overview.html
WebCopier
"Use this powerful offline browser to record websites and store them
locally until you are ready to view them.
· Save complete copies of your favorite sites, magazines, or stock
quotes.
· Students can download enormous amounts of information from the
Internet for later study.
· Teachers can download whole sites so their students can view them
later.
· Developers use this tool for analyzing websites
Main Features
WebCopier for Windows is a multifunction offline browser designed to
run under Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP.
It is a powerful tool that copies websites and stores them locally, on
your system, until you are ready to view them.
Once you've copied a site, you have access to its information at any
time, no matter where you are.
You can take webpages (product literature, support information, etc.)
on business trips and have instant access to them on your laptop---no
Net connection required.
Use WebCopier to copy entire websites, or only specific directories.
WebCopier follows links precisely, including JavaScript parsing. It
can download up to 100 files simultaneously.
WebCopier can print entire websites or only specific part of them.
Provides support for JavaScript (.js), Java Classes (.class) and
Macromedia Flash (.sfw) files.
WebCopier supports proxy servers, and allows you to specify a user
name and password to access secure websites.
The File and URL Filters give you full control over which files are
copied, and which are skipped.
Use the Integrated browser to view the downloaded pages or to browse
the Internet. "
This program sells for $30 and as most, if not all listed here, has a
30 day evaluation for download.
SpiderSoft
http://www.spidersoft.com/webzip/default.asp
WebZIP Overview
Download Web sites to your hard disk
Use WebZIP to download web pages or entire web sites, including
images, sounds and other media files to your hard drive, so you can
browse them offline.
As you can see, there are quite a few programs of this nature. I
decided to visit CNET and TwoCows to see which were the most highly
rated:
CNET
Most highly rated:
http://download.com.com/3000-2377-10149393.html?tag=lst-3-2
"HTTrack is a free and easy-to-use offline browser utility. It allows
you to download the contents of entire Web sites from the Internet to
a local directory for offline viewing. Simply open a page of the
mirrored Web site in your browser and you can browse the site from
link to link, as if you were viewing it online. HTTrack can also
update existing mirrored sites, and resume interrupted site downloads.
HTTrack is fully configurable, and includes an integrated help
system."
CNET Pick:
http://download.com.com/3000-2377-10175372.html?tag=lst-0-4
"BlackWidow will scan a Web site and present found files
Explorer-style. You specify file types you want it to show you (HTML,
GIF, JPEG, and so on), and BlackWidow maps the entire Web site to
search for them. You can view information about each file and select
files to download. Features include a Suspend function, login and
password functions for security, a function that provides proxies and
ports, and select/deselect capabilities for files and extensions.
BlackWidow also features a browser, the ability to resume broken
downloads, wildcard file selection, maximum and minimum file size
selection, and a true offline browser with automatic links and
indexes. Plus, BlackWidow allows you to retrieve e-mail; retrieve a
file's title; check for bad links; resume broken downloads; scan HTTP,
SSL (HTTPS), and FTP sites; verify external links; include and exclude
filters; browse while scanning or downloading; create your own link
files; and scan across sites. It also includes features such as an
offline browsing directory converter; iconic structure display;
wildcards for files, URLs, and MIME; file type and size filtering; and
automatic firewall and proxy settings. You can pull links from
JavaScripts and JavaScripts files. "
TwoCows
http://www.tucows.com/preview/193807.html
Offline Explorer - a little pricey at $50, but 5 cows
"This program allows you to download Web, FTP, HTTPS, MMS and RTSP
sites for offline viewing, editing or browsing. It offers features
including nested folders in project trees, URL macros, saving of
primary files and old copies of loaded files, download queue display,
and more. It allows you to selectively include or exclude individual
servers, directories, and files using keywords and you can browse,
search, export to CD or perform other operations on downloaded sites.
Support of industry-standard technologies, like FTP, HTTPS, MMS, RTSP,
different proxy servers, cookies, a built-in internal HTTP server that
allows you to share downloaded files over an Intranet. It extracts
links and converts them for offline browsing from Java/VB scripts,
Java applets, CSS, SFW, DCR, XML, XSL, DTD, TOC, M3U, AAM, PDF, SMIL,
RAM, RPM, WRL, WRZ and NSC files. "
WebWhacker - also $50
http://www.tucows.com/preview/193819.html
"Create an archive of Web information.
Hang on to that valuable web site - don't depend on it staying around.
Distribute your Web site or product catalog on a CD.
Create CDs that run automatically when inserted into Windows
computers.
Review web pages on the plane, bus, or where you might not have an
Internet connection.
Don't rely on an Internet connection for your next presentation.
Easily build a virtual Web for employees.
WebWhacker 5.0 is an offline browsing and searching tool that enables
you to save your favorite Web sites into easily transferable storage
media, and organize them into categories. You can search downloaded
Web sites for key-words using WebWhacker’s built- in, full-text
indexing technology, as well as surf the Internet offline–with faster
loading and no additional on-line charges. WebWhacker 5.0 downloads
entire Web pages or sites–including text (HTML), images, and other
objects–and stores them on your local desktop machine, company’s
server, or removable media such as CDs, ZIP disks, etc. Whacked sites
provide a locally stored mirror image of the original Web site, which
can be navigated, viewed, annotated, and searched locally with a
standard Web browser.
Schedule WebWhacker to download Web sites during more convenient
times, or have WebWhacker monitor Web sites for changes and update you
daily, weekly or monthly with modifications. "
There are many more when searching TwoCows for "offline Browser",
including the programs listed above. Leech and BlackWidow also get 5
cows in their ratings here.
Search Strategy:
"save web page" +offline
offline +browser
I trust my research has presented you with several highly rated
programs for offline browsing as well as resources for reading reviews
of other possibilities. If a link above should fail to work or
anything require further explanation, please do post a Request for
Clarification and I will be pleased to assist further.
Regards,
-=clouseau=- |
