Re: [CGUYS] formats web archive vs page source

[b_s-wilk]

I want to save some images from the web and the options safari gives me are save as "web 
archive" or "page source"
Advantages to either?


I can see disadvantages to both. If you save as Page Source, all you 
have is the HTML code with no images, animations, etc. Save as Web 
Archive in Safari and you have a locked container that only opens in 
Safari--can't remove the images. Same for IE archives, Opera archives, 
iCab archives...


Don't use Safari [or IE] for this. Use a browser that can save the page 
as the HTML file plus images together in a folder. Mozilla browsers 
[Firefox, Camino, SeaMonkey] can do this, and have the most 
straightforward choices. So can Opera. A web archive has everything 
'stuck' together so you can only open it as a web page in the browser 
that created the archive.


For images alone, you can control-click/right-click and select "Save 
Image as..." or something like that. It's more difficult to save Flash 
animations, but it can be done. Ask if you want that too. Where there's 
a linked database, you're best off saving as PDF. But you want images. 
Those are easy.


Betty


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Re: [CGUYS] formats web archive vs page source

[Tom Piwowar]

On Oct 11, 2009, at 12:59 PM, One Man wrote:
> I want to save some images from the web and the options safari gives me are 
> save
> as "web archive" or "page source" Advantages to either?

Archive will save the graphics on the page into a folder on your drive
and change the links in the saved source to point to those files. So
if you want to be able to load the saved page into your browser and
have it look like the original page you should use the archive option.


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[CGUYS] formats web archive vs page source

[One Man]

I want to save some images from the web and the options safari gives me are 
save as "web archive" or "page source"
Advantages to either?
with thanks




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