viewing webarchive offline?

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viewing webarchive offline?

I tried to view a webarchive file while my internet connection was down. However, it would not open. I thought that the webarchive was self-contained. Does it require an active internet connection to view? Something does not seem right about that.

Does this also mean that if the page that I save as a webarchive changes then my webarchive cannot be viewed?

thanks
Ken

flat-panel imac & PM G4 w/ Sonnet 800MHz card Mac OS X (10.4.3)

Posted on Mar 16, 2006 8:24 PM

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Answer 1

andyBall_uk

Level 7

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Mar 16, 2006 9:30 PM in response to Ken Stone

Hmmmm

at the moment safari is rubbish at this - goodness; IE5 on winders 95 could 'make available offline' with a choice of link depths etc,

I'm sure it's because safari is so futuristic & cutting edge, that the programmers assumed everyone would have a fast, always-on connection.

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I use firefox or camino if I want to save a webpage ; file-save as- web page complete.

It doesn't quite save everything - but the results when working off line are hugely better than safari.

There are a number of 3rd party apps out there that will save the linked-to pages too; but for just the one page ff or camino are fine.

http://www.apple.com/macosx/feedback/ if you want to tell Apple about it.

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Answer 2

patric

Level 1

9 points

Mar 18, 2006 10:26 AM in response to andyBall_uk

If you open the web archive using texedit, you'll see that the images are still there, even if you're offline. But this isn't the same as viewing using safari - I'm amazed that this problem still hasn't been fixed!

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