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One of the first things I do with any article that I've enjoyed is download an HTML copy and create a PDF. Too many times I've bookmarked something only to come

One of the first things I do with any article that I've enjoyed is download an HTML copy and create a PDF. Too many times I've bookmarked something only to come back a year later and it's gone.

ivankolev 9y ago
I started using Firefox for Android partly because of its excellent Save page as PDF feature.
- ssarodia 9y ago
  Just fyi, on Chrome on Android you can Share -> Print -> Save as PDF.
Semirhage 9y ago
Me too, and I don’t rely on cloud or streaming services. If I really like a song or article or book, I buy it some form and then download (if necessary through alternative channels) a copy. I bought a bunch of audio books from Audible years ago, and taking the time to convert them to MP3 has made my life much easier. Streaming, clouds and DRM protection are fine for discovery, but if you love something, archive it. Storage is so cheap after all!
pasbesoin 9y ago
I used the Firefox extension Scrapbook, until the change to WebExtensions killed it. I feel changes like this are incrementally making the Web "theirs" and not "ours". Separately, someone replied on here to me, a few months ago, that archive.org's policy for respecting -- or not -- robots.txt was in the process of changing. I don't think that putting up a robots.txt policy should be able to retroactively remove from archive what was previously public. All the more so when the domain in question has changed hands. But I expect this nonsense to continue. So, I only trust local copies. Unfortunately, for me, killing the Scrapbook extension made them less convenient to collect.
- dorgo 9y ago
  What are the intentions of mozilla? Is it "let's take away control from users", or is it "we don't care about what our users want"? What a fail..
- disillusioned1 9y ago
  Do you know about Web ScrapBook, a WebExtensions successor to ScrapBook X? https://github.com/danny0838/webscrapbook https://github.com/danny0838/webscrapbook
  - pasbesoin 9y ago
    Thank you. I will look at this. I looked for alternatives, around the time Firefox stable transitioned. I recall that ScrapbookX was going to try to transition. There was language about writing to browser local storage, but that appeared to me to be too constrained for my use, as well as not yet being in place. Since then, I've taken more cursory looks but not found a suitable extension. I recently learned about Wallabag, but it did not appear to have the same amount of facility; nonetheless, I want to set it up and give it a go. I've been a little distracted, this winter. So, I've not problem solved like I should.
eneveu 9y ago
I use [Pinboard](https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/) to bookmark interesting pages. It archives a copy of the page for private use, which I can access later if the page is deleted.

One of the first things I do with any article that I've enjoyed is download an HTML copy and create a PDF. Too many times I've bookmarked something only to come back a year later and it's gone.

ivankolev 9y ago

I started using Firefox for Android partly because of its excellent Save page as PDF feature.

ssarodia 9y ago
Just fyi, on Chrome on Android you can Share -> Print -> Save as PDF.

Semirhage 9y ago

Me too, and I don’t rely on cloud or streaming services. If I really like a song or article or book, I buy it some form and then download (if necessary through alternative channels) a copy. I bought a bunch of audio books from Audible years ago, and taking the time to convert them to MP3 has made my life much easier. Streaming, clouds and DRM protection are fine for discovery, but if you love something, archive it. Storage is so cheap after all!

pasbesoin 9y ago

I used the Firefox extension Scrapbook, until the change to WebExtensions killed it. I feel changes like this are incrementally making the Web "theirs" and not "ours". Separately, someone replied on here to me, a few months ago, that archive.org's policy for respecting -- or not -- robots.txt was in the process of changing. I don't think that putting up a robots.txt policy should be able to retroactively remove from archive what was previously public. All the more so when the domain in question has changed hands. But I expect this nonsense to continue. So, I only trust local copies. Unfortunately, for me, killing the Scrapbook extension made them less convenient to collect.

dorgo 9y ago
What are the intentions of mozilla? Is it "let's take away control from users", or is it "we don't care about what our users want"? What a fail..
disillusioned1 9y ago
Do you know about Web ScrapBook, a WebExtensions successor to ScrapBook X? https://github.com/danny0838/webscrapbook https://github.com/danny0838/webscrapbook
- pasbesoin 9y ago
  Thank you. I will look at this. I looked for alternatives, around the time Firefox stable transitioned. I recall that ScrapbookX was going to try to transition. There was language about writing to browser local storage, but that appeared to me to be too constrained for my use, as well as not yet being in place. Since then, I've taken more cursory looks but not found a suitable extension. I recently learned about Wallabag, but it did not appear to have the same amount of facility; nonetheless, I want to set it up and give it a go. I've been a little distracted, this winter. So, I've not problem solved like I should.

eneveu 9y ago

I use [Pinboard](https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/) to bookmark interesting pages. It archives a copy of the page for private use, which I can access later if the page is deleted.