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537points
158comments
#38of 3,028 in 2020
Top 2%of 2020 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
18 positive, 26 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 10 critical, out of 56 comments about the project. Thread score +0.18.
Idea: 12 for, 2 againstExecution: 2 for, 3 againstDesign: 2 for, 1 againstDocs: 0 for, 2 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
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Useful idea for offline reading and archiving
From 3 comments
Very cool idea. I always bring my laptop with me camping in case I get the urge to write something. Having the ability to see the last week or so of my browsing history would…
ghostbrainalpha on HNCool concept. In a world that's getting increasingly connected what are the main use-cases? I ask because the dev tool that our company creates occasionally (okay, very rarely)…
ppezaris on HNI just wanna cache all my bookmarks, I rarely look at them, but when I do go look at them, a good chunk tend to have rotted. It will be awesome to cache all my bookmarks and then…
segmondy on HN
Clever use of Chrome DevTools Protocol
From 1 comment
This uses Chrome DevTools Protocol in a pretty clever way. I used it to archive a highly interactive website and it worked like a charm. The README states: "It runs connected to…
yamrzou on HN
Objections
Chrome-only; no Firefox or other browser support
From 2 comments
Awesome! I always wanted this and at one point tried to achieve it with WWWOFFLE, but the welcome proliferation of https thwarted that attempt. Gonna check it. Unfortunately only…
jsilence on HNAwesome thing, but - > Can I use this with a browser that's not Chrome-based? > No. Note that a (rather similar) thing I've participated in in 2002 was browser-neutral.
avmich on HN
Hardcoded port and config location are poor defaults
From 1 comment
This is a neat idea, but I wish it would respect some basic Unix standards by default. Two big annoyances jump out at first glance: it assumes you want to use port 22120, and it…
caymanjim on HN
Installation via binaries failed for some users
From 1 comment
It looks like something I'd appreciate! I make a significant effort to archive things that I think I'll need. Unfortunately it didn't work when I just tried installing it now…
peterburkimsher on HN
Requests
Firefox support
From 2 comments
Given the hard 'no' in the FAQ, does anyone know about a similar project for Firefox?
severine on HNAwesome! I always wanted this and at one point tried to achieve it with WWWOFFLE, but the welcome proliferation of https thwarted that attempt. Gonna check it. Unfortunately only…
jsilence on HN
Full-text search over archived pages
From 2 comments
I miss RSS primarily because I was able to search for stuff either I've read or I care about... I am too embarrassed to admit that a disproportionate amount of my time are spent…
alliao on HNSearch in the roadmap is exciting. It'd often be great to constrain search to just the pages I already visited, and there's never an option to do so. And because it's not a full…
m0zg on HN
Audio, video and websocket capture
From 1 comment
This guy is right I just haven't gotten around to the audio and video it's a little bit more work I think. websockets is not a normal request response thing that I think is easy…
graderjs on HN
Questions
Does the license remain stable
From 1 comment
I remember seeing this on reddit, the license changed quite a lot over the past month, with some very weird custom licenses asking you not to be a fake victim, lie, etc in the…
a254613e on HN
What is the main use case for offline access
From 1 comment
Cool concept. In a world that's getting increasingly connected what are the main use-cases? I ask because the dev tool that our company creates occasionally (okay, very rarely)…
ppezaris on HN
Alternatives named
Pocket
From 1 comment
Very interesting project. I wish this was actually (optional) built-in behavior for browsers when bookmarking pages, or at least when adding to a "read later" list like…
lxgr on HN
WWWOFFLE
From 1 comment
Awesome! I always wanted this and at one point tried to achieve it with WWWOFFLE, but the welcome proliferation of https thwarted that attempt. Gonna check it. Unfortunately only…
jsilence on HN
ArchiveBox
From 1 comment
This looks pretty cool, I'm excited to try it. The choice of lesser known format vs WARC is interesting, afaik WARC can do pretty complex stuff (like replaying youtube videos).…
nikisweeting on HN
Webaroo and Google Gears
From 1 comment
Reminds me days of Webaroo[1] and Google grears[2] [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webaroo [2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gears_(software)
dksidana on HN