[Catalyst] Tool for rendering web pages consistently though time ?
Hi, I'm looking for a tool/procedure that could render web pages in a consistent manner without having to rely on the screen resolution and fonts of a workstation so that, through time - and through many OS updates of various sorts - it'd be possible to always render the pages in the exact same way, for documentation purposes. Perhaps some kind of virtual screen that always uses the same parameters and whose output whould be in svg of jpg. Is there a way of doing that ? Thanls for any ideas/suggestions. Cheers. ___ List: Catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk Listinfo: http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/catalyst Searchable archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk/ Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/
Re: [Catalyst] Tool for rendering web pages consistently though time ?
Can you be more specific about time and consistent? How far into the future are we talking? Does it have to remain pixel-perfect? Patrick http://patspam.com On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 11:29 AM, lanas la...@securenet.net wrote: Hi, I'm looking for a tool/procedure that could render web pages in a consistent manner without having to rely on the screen resolution and fonts of a workstation so that, through time - and through many OS updates of various sorts - it'd be possible to always render the pages in the exact same way, for documentation purposes. Perhaps some kind of virtual screen that always uses the same parameters and whose output whould be in svg of jpg. Is there a way of doing that ? Thanls for any ideas/suggestions. Cheers. ___ List: Catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk Listinfo: http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/catalyst Searchable archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk/ Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ ___ List: Catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk Listinfo: http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/catalyst Searchable archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk/ Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/
Re: [Catalyst] Tool for rendering web pages consistently though time ?
On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 12:02:19 +1100, Patrick Donelan p...@patspam.com wrote : Can you be more specific about time and consistent? How far into the future are we talking? Does it have to remain pixel-perfect? That would be over two years. This is for the making and updating of a user guide. Currently the procedure is to take screenshots but then, it so happen that the original workstation witht he original resolution and fonts no longer exists, so the screenshots of the web pages are no longer exactly the same. It'd be possible to dedicate a do not touch workstation for that purpose only but I'm looking for a more elegant solution which do not rely on any workstation hardware/resolution/fonts. ___ List: Catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk Listinfo: http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/catalyst Searchable archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk/ Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/
Re: [Catalyst] Tool for rendering web pages consistently though time ?
On Wednesday 21 January 2009 07:10:15 pm lanas wrote: That would be over two years. This is for the making and updating of a user guide. Currently the procedure is to take screenshots but then, it so happen that the original workstation witht he original resolution and fonts no longer exists, so the screenshots of the web pages are no longer exactly the same. It'd be possible to dedicate a do not touch workstation for that purpose only but I'm looking for a more elegant solution which do not rely on any workstation hardware/resolution/fonts. A unix box, Xvfb, firefox, a page saver extension, and a little automation? Then all the config details are under your control, and the hands off bit becomes less of a factor. Just a thought. Andrew ___ List: Catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk Listinfo: http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/catalyst Searchable archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk/ Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/
Re: [Catalyst] Tool for rendering web pages consistently though time ?
On Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:19:03 -0600, Andrew Rodland arodl...@comcast.net wrote : A unix box, Xvfb, firefox, a page saver extension, and a little automation? Then all the config details are under your control, and the hands off bit becomes less of a factor. Just a thought. Thanks, that's a whole lot of pointers. I did a quick search on xvfb, headless, firefox and found quite a few links on that topic. Cheers. ___ List: Catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk Listinfo: http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/catalyst Searchable archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk/ Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/
Re: [Catalyst] Tool for rendering web pages consistently though time ?
From: lanas la...@securenet.net Hi, I'm looking for a tool/procedure that could render web pages in a consistent manner without having to rely on the screen resolution and fonts of a workstation so that, through time - and through many OS updates of various sorts - it'd be possible to always render the pages in the exact same way, for documentation purposes. Perhaps some kind of virtual screen that always uses the same parameters and whose output whould be in svg of jpg. Is there a way of doing that ? Thanls for any ideas/suggestions. I hope there isn't. Such a documentation would be targeted discriminatory only to the sighted users, and this is not nice at all. Octavian ___ List: Catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk Listinfo: http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/catalyst Searchable archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk/ Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/
