Best regards,

Jake Young


======= On 2003-06-05 at 02:26:00 Christof wrote: =======

<snipped stuff similar to that written about by Jondo at
AQC over the past year or so>

>c) If there are more than 10 files with the same beginning or the file
>system of the site is more complex (recursion needed, references
>may include or do not include the path) it turns out to be
>
>.... close to impossible (as Glenn already stated before).

But very simple (for the "Doze morons") and clearly possible using any 
of the past several generations of the Opera browser. There are sites 
out there to parse content for PDA users, and somebody with the wit 
and will could do similar for Arachne. In the meantime, within reason,
I'll save pages with images (all to one directory, which is how Opera
does it), zip them up and mail them to anyone who sends an email with
subject: [A-list] Jake, save this webpage
and the URLs in the message body.
Please do NOT send any request via the A-list!

When I first got online I did alot of hand editing of saved pages to
get close to the printer-friendly versions available these days. I
assumed that the developers of the major browsers had given little 
thought to saving content for offline use because American users
weren't faced with monthly phone-bills of $75 or more for metered
access. 

My own pages make minimal use of image content, but always have the
images and style sheet (if linked) placed in the same directory, for
easy saving. I include a human-readable link to the online version,
so it can be found from a printed copy. As I no longer upload regularly
from Win3.1x I've dropped 8.3 filenames, but try to use LFNs which
truncate somewhat usefully for photo collections e.g.:
wm01-640x480-2002-06-windmill-from-south-east.jpg
The 8.3 user is left with an indication of the subject, its position
in the sequence, and its screen size.

Cheers,

Jake 


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