Simple way for browsing offline in firefox

Question

My favorite browser is Firefox and during browsing I visited some web-pages that i like see them again offline some other times .

But when I'm disconnected i can't reach those web-pages from history, Because when ever i click to see them , it ask , it's necessary to connect.( I make firefox offline from file menu )

Saving them ( From File menu and choosing "Save web page as " ) is not a good idea too, Because they are a lot and some time they doesn't save properly .

Is there any technique or option in Firefox or tools that make it possible to browse again visited page when you are offline ?

Thank you for you attention

Answer 1

Using File -> Work Offline option you should be able to view pages only if you've visited them before.

Selecting that option forces Firefox to read from the cache. However your cache should have enough space allocated. Check it from Tools -> Options -> Advanced -> Network -> Offline Storage and make sure it is at least 50 MB. Also make sure that you or any other application haven't cleared it because you can't reading anything from an empty cache.

For me the simplest way is the good old CTRL + S which is the shortcut for saving the page. It's quick and reliable, just remember to select Web page, complete (not HTML only). But if you insist not using that then you can use an add-on such as ScrapBook or ReadItLater as suggested before.

Answer 2

You want a cache browser that'll save your browsing history in a manner a little differently than how it's currently used- specialized for browsing again later.

There are a few extensions that do this, but not quite how you're explaining you want, if I'm not mistaken.

There's WinHTTTrack, which is a standalone offline browser, but it takes manually saving each site you want a mirror of- and is kindof involved. Not at all automatic.

Unitl someone else answers with something better, try & Google a cache browser & see what you find.

Answer 3

Two extensions that may help you:

• Read It Later - which is a bookmarking utility, but has a side-option to save a page locally
• [ScrapBook] - this is what I use. Very configurable (content type, depth level) and it even rewrites the links for offline browsing. (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/427/)

Answer 4

I found NCollector Studio to be the best tool for making fully offline browsable copies of websites (or parts of them). Most sites renders perfectly, but some special sites using ajax look a little strange.

http://calluna-software.com/NCollector.aspx