Offline reader
An offline reader (sometimes called an offline browser or offline navigator) is
dial-up access
.
Variations
Website-mirroring software
Website mirroring software is software that allows for the download of a copy of an entire
mirror of the original site. Web crawler software such as Wget
can be used to generate a site mirror.
Offline mail and news readers
Offline mail readers are
NNTP
are similar, but the messages are organized into news groups.
Most e-mail protocols, like the common
NNTP protocol used by Usenet (Network news). Most end-user mailers, such as Outlook Express and AOL, can be used offline even if they are mainly intended to be used online, but some mailers such as Juno
are mainly intended to be used offline.
Off-line mail readers are generally considered to be those systems that did not originally offer such functionality, notably on
.List
| Name | Publisher | License | Platform | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Golden CommPass (GCP) | Creative Systems Programming Corporation | Paid | OS/2 | [b] |
| Hamster | Mathias Dolidon | Free software | Windows, Linux, OS X, Unix | [1] |
| HTTrack | HTTrack.com | Free software | Windows, Linux, OS X, Unix | [2] |
| Leech | Universal Commerce, Issaquah | Shareware | Windows | [3] |
| MR/2 | Knight Writer Software Company | Shareware | OS/2 | [c] |
| MR/2 PM | Knight Writer Software Company | Shareware | OS/2 | [c] |
| MR/2 ICE | Secant Alphacat |
Shareware | OS/2 Windows |
[d] |
| Off Line Xpress | Mustang Software, Inc. | Paid | DOS | [e] |
| ScrapBook | Mozilla Add-ons |
Freeware | Cross-platform | [4] |
| TapCIS | CompuServe Information Service (CIS) | Shareware | DOS | [b] |
| Offline Explorer | Metaproducts | Paid | Windows | [5] |
See also
- Online and offline
- service workers)
- Progressive web application
- Kiwix, Wikipedia offline reader
- WebWhacker
- Comparison of software saving Web pages for offline use
Notes
- ^ This includes the user not being connected to a dialup server, not having Internet access and a server on the Internet that is unavailable.
- ^ a b Mail reader for Compuserve
- ^ a b BBS reader
- ^ Internet mail and news reader
- ^ The free test subset of OLX is called Off Line Xpress - Test Drive (OLX-TD)
References
- ^ "Hamster : hoard the web". github.com. 2018-01-04. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
- ^ "HTTrack Website Copier - Free Software Offline Browser (GNU GPL)". Httrack.com. 2012-06-23. Retrieved 2012-07-07.
- ^ "Aeria Leech". www.aeria.com. Archived from the original on 16 November 1999. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
Leech is a high-speed offline web browser for Windows 95/98/NT that downloads web site content to your hard drive.
- ^ Gomita (2012-04-03). "ScrapBook :: Add-ons for Firefox". Addons.mozilla.org. Archived from the original on 2012-05-01. Retrieved 2012-07-07.
- ^ "Offline Explorer Enterprise - MetaProducts". metaproducts.com. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Offline reader.
- Systems, Pocket (2023-11-23). "Offline Browser". getpocket.com. Retrieved 2023-12-26.
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