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> So, is there really no standard way to save a web page as a single page any more? I'm feeling pretty confident about the browser extension 'Singlefile'[0].
by O1111OOO 6y ago
> So, is there really no standard way to save a web page as a single page any more?
I'm feeling pretty confident about the browser extension 'Singlefile'[0].
I had already tested saved files on a number of browsers (the usual modern browsers) including a few minimal ones like Dillo and elinks. The pages had no problems displaying.
Out of curiosity, I just finished testing with two old DOS browsers I had in DOSBox. The results are here: https://imgur.com/a/ScpJqaK https://imgur.com/a/ScpJqaK
Also uploaded here:
Knots HTML Viewer: https://ibb.co/3Tf9VTk https://ibb.co/3Tf9VTk
Dillo for DOS: https://ibb.co/mqsF8kp https://ibb.co/mqsF8kp
Knots was a simple HTML viewer released in 1996. I was surprised it loaded the page. From the image: it was unable to scroll past a certain point. Singlefile embeds all assets within the page (so I had to scroll past all the CSS). It stopped scrolling soon after the CSS.
This was a real (unfair) torture test of Singlefile and I think it passed with flying colors. Knots had trouble even with pages written in 1993 - it was useful for only the simplest of html tags.
The other image is of Dillo for DOS (released in 2011). Really nice job displaying the Singlefile page.
These were the only two DOS browsers I had on the system (for now...)
[0] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/single-file/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/single-file/
> I swear, browsers have gone downhill since the days of Opera 12...
LOL. In 100% agreement:-)