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(shameless plug) I am working on PageDash (https://www.pagedash.com https://www.pagedash.com, just a Google form for now). The idea is to archive web pages for

(shameless plug) I am working on PageDash (https://www.pagedash.com https://www.pagedash.com, just a Google form for now). The idea is to archive web pages for your private use via one-click via a browser (Chrome first) extension. So I think it jives with that people are saying here: archive what you think is important to you, leave the rest. PageDash takes a different approach in that it doesn't use a browser in the cloud (usually PhantomJS) to archive the pages. This means that PageDash can archive when you are logged in, or when you are on a private network, for example. PageDash tries its best to preserve the page exactly as you saw it. Sign up to be notified when it launches!

badsectoracula 9y ago
How does it compare with Mozilla Archive Format (MAFF)? MAFF saves entire pages (or sets of pages, by saving all tabs) with all the resources, etc, in a single archive file. I often use it to save articles, tutorials, etc that have a ton of images.
- ernsheong 9y ago
  Haven't used MAFF before. But PageDash will preserve the look and feel exactly, and handle more corner cases. Web is huge, perfection is almost impossible, but we'll get there. Plans are to also allow MHTML/PDF/JPG exports one day. More importantly PageDash is web hosted and will allow users to share their archived links (private by default). Eventually, full-text search and shared folders can enable collaboration. Basically stuff that an offline-only solution can't do.
voltagex_ 9y ago
What's your plan for when (not if) PageDash shuts down? what happens to the data?
- ernsheong 9y ago
  Well, we'll have to start somewhere. At the end of the day, someone has to be a guardian, even if you're the Internet Archive. Ideally, PageDash turns itself over to be a non-profit sort of thing. Else, a corporation takes over. If really shutting down, there will be an export option for users for a graceful shutdown.

badsectoracula 9y ago

How does it compare with Mozilla Archive Format (MAFF)? MAFF saves entire pages (or sets of pages, by saving all tabs) with all the resources, etc, in a single archive file. I often use it to save articles, tutorials, etc that have a ton of images.

ernsheong 9y ago
Haven't used MAFF before. But PageDash will preserve the look and feel exactly, and handle more corner cases. Web is huge, perfection is almost impossible, but we'll get there. Plans are to also allow MHTML/PDF/JPG exports one day. More importantly PageDash is web hosted and will allow users to share their archived links (private by default). Eventually, full-text search and shared folders can enable collaboration. Basically stuff that an offline-only solution can't do.

voltagex_ 9y ago

What's your plan for when (not if) PageDash shuts down? what happens to the data?

ernsheong 9y ago
Well, we'll have to start somewhere. At the end of the day, someone has to be a guardian, even if you're the Internet Archive. Ideally, PageDash turns itself over to be a non-profit sort of thing. Else, a corporation takes over. If really shutting down, there will be an export option for users for a graceful shutdown.