Are you one of those hooked perennially to the Internet? Have you ever noticed the amount of time – and money – spent on browsing the same Web pages regularly?
Want to go easy on the surfing? An ‘offline browser’ is your choice. This is a software tool used to save a part or a whole Web site onto the user’s hard drive. This will enable you to browse Web sites whenever you want to, without b eing connected to the Internet. Here are some you might want to try:
HTTrack is an easy-to-use utility. It allows you to download a Web site to a local directory, building recursively all directories, getting HTML, images, and other files from the server to your PC.
It arranges the original site’s relative link-structure. 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 an existing mirrored site, and resume interrupted downloads. It is fully configurable, and has an integrated help system.
If you go to the ‘download page’, it lists out the various types of versions to suit your operating system.
http://pagenest.com/
PageNest is a free offline browser that allows you to copy your favourite Web pages to your hard disk. Give PageNest the address of a Web site and it will copy either the page or the entire site (whichever you prefer) to your hard disk. It will create an exact copy of what you see in your browser, including the text, HTML, images, etc.
According to the Web site, PageNest can download up to 40 files at once to make the best use of your connection download pages as quickly as possible. It has many unique features such as the clickable list of recent downloads, buttons to move between sites in a single click, and a range of sensible defaults so you rarely need to change many settings.
You can also browse Web sites either within PageNest or from your favourite browser. Because they are ordinary files, you can, for example, copy them to a laptop and take them with you to view when away from a Net connection. PageNest is compatible with Windows Vista, XP, 2000, ME and 98. It comes with two editions, viz PageNest Free Edition (version 3.04 and file size 1.8 MB) and PageNest Pro Trial Version (V3.04 and 1.8 MB).
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This Web site will provide you a free offline browser called BackStreet Browser. Through this you can quickly download an entire Web site or part of a site including HTML, graphics, Java Applets, sound and other user definable files, and save all the files in your hard drive, either in their native format, or as a compressed ZIP file and view offline.
After the downloading, all links within the Web site are reconstructed creating a complete hard drive copy of the site that you can view at your own pace without being connected to the Net.
Additionally, BackStreet Browser provides the option of duplicating the original directory structure of a site, making it easy to download and transfer a site to another server.
If your Net gets disconnected while downloading a site, the Resume Session allows you to pick up a session where you left off after re-establishing your Internet connection.
If you wish to update a previously downloaded site, the Update Session feature allows you to revisit a site using new search parameters to make sure you have the most current files.
In addition to the embedded quick-view browser window in the main program screen, you can launch your default browser to view any downloaded projects. This quick-view facility also supports browsing zipped Web site, so that you don’t have to unzip the files to view.
System Requirements: Windows 95/98/2000/NT/ME/XP, 64 MB RAM, 2 MB Hard Disk Space, Internet Connection.
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