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SHOW HN2019
How HN took it
11 positive, 38 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 10 critical, out of 60 comments about the project. Thread score +0.03.
Idea: 8 for, 2 againstExecution: 1 for, 6 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful idea for offline single-file page saving
From 3 comments
Ah, I've been thinking about making something like this. You beat me to it. I've been using the SingleFile add-on until now. I'll definitely give this a try.
jplayer01 on HNThank you for this. I’ve been looking for something that does this exact thing. I don’t like any of the other HTML archiving formats .
dtjohnnymonkey on HNSaving this for later
Exuma on HN
Objections
Does not handle JavaScript-heavy or Ajax-loaded content well
From 2 comments
Good, but won't work with the heavy JS pages using Ajax to load any single content. The firefox extension seems to do that :…
sametmax on HNWell you could do that for a long time with MHTML, WARC, etc. downloaders, including those available in browsers via "Save Page as", though CSS imports aren't covered by older…
tannhaeuser on HN
Pulls in many cargo dependencies and slow compile
From 2 comments
`cargo install` install 237 packages for this?! I don't think that's acceptable.
personjerry on HNThe compile time is rather long as well, I'm looking into ways of reducing the amount of dependencies.
flatroze on HN
Styling breaks on some sites
From 1 comment
Styling breaks on this site: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-hunt-is-on-for-alpha-centauris-planets/
personjerry on HN
Requests
Support MHTML output
From 1 comment
MHTML is pretty good for this already btw (not to take away from this neat project though :)). Similarly stores assets as base64'd data URIs and saves it as a single file. Can be…
Springtime on HN
Recursive same-domain link following
From 1 comment
Very cool. Have you considered incorporating an option for following links within the same domain to a certain depth? I remember using tools such as this in the past to save all…
ajxs on HN
Option to remove images
From 1 comment
I noticed there is a `-j` argument to remove javascript. A `-i` argument for removing images would be great too.
ahub on HN
Better README documentation
From 1 comment
I think it would be way better to explain in the repository: - how do you handle images? - does it handle embedded videos? - does it handle JS? to what extent? - does it handle…
alpb on HN
Questions
How are repeated resources and file size handled
From 1 comment
This is awesome. One question though: how does it handle the same resource (e.g. image) appearing multiple times? Does it store multiple copies, potentially blowing up the file…
mehrdadn on HN
How does it handle lazy loading and infinite scroll
From 1 comment
Ahh, to me it looks like it creates an amalgamation of the web page+contents. How does this work on neverending webpages/forever scroll? How will it behave if you need to…
makach on HN
Alternatives named
SingleFile browser extension
From 2 comments
Nice. I can see some automated uses for this. In ordinary browsing, am currently using a Firefox addon called SingleFile which works surprisingly well. Stuffs everything into…
interfixus on HNGood, but won't work with the heavy JS pages using Ajax to load any single content. The firefox extension seems to do that :…
sametmax on HN
MHTML
From 1 comment
MHTML is pretty good for this already btw (not to take away from this neat project though :)). Similarly stores assets as base64'd data URIs and saves it as a single file. Can be…
Springtime on HN
Web ARChive / WARC
From 1 comment
How is this different from https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_ARChive
tenken on HN
Save Page WE Firefox extension
From 1 comment
I am using "Save Page WE" Firefox extension for this. Better at saving JS content and less clutter than saving all the images and stuff.
js8 on HN