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RE: Request for an Offline Browser for Linux

Stephen Cheok (drcpu@usa.net)
Tue, 14 Jul 1998 15:12:29 -0700

On Tuesday, July 14, 1998 10:28 AM, Ted Powell [SMTP:ted@eslvcr.fireplug.net]
wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 14, 1998 at 09:51:54AM -0700, McCay,Aaron [PYR] wrote:
> > Has anyone come across a readily accessible (i.e minimum amount of
> > programming and preferably a shareware version) of an offline browser
>
> Just about any browser can be used offline--not connected to the
> Internet--to look at HTML files on your own machine, using a URL that
> begins file://...

Not sure if this e-mail will get to the list as I'm using
a different e-mail address.

Anyhow, I believe what Aaron is looking for is something
like what Internet Explorer has implemented -- Channels.
These Channels can be downloaded and viewed offline.
All related files (links, graphics, and HTML pages) will be
downloaded.. making offline browsing the same as online.
These downloads can be scheduled during the late nights
so it doesn't tie up your phone line/computer or when the
rates are low.

Didn't Microsoft release a Unix flavor of Internet Explorer?
If so, it should have the Channel function included. I'm not
sure if Netscape includes such a feature though.

sc

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