This Page is Designed to Last

Re:This Page is Designed to Last by WalterBright on Friday December 20, 2019 @03:39AM (#21842558)

1. it's independent of the browser

2. it works with any browser

3. I can move it to any machine and use it

4. It is not transmitted to the browser vendor

5. Being a text file, it is under my control

6. I can back it up

7. I don't need some database manager to access it

8. I can add notes and anything else to the file

9. It's stupid simple

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Re:This Page is Designed to Last by duckmysick on Friday December 20, 2019 @04:00AM (#21842635)

What happens when the website itself becomes unavailable?

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Re:This Page is Designed to Last by larrywright on Friday December 20, 2019 @08:07AM (#21843850)

For me, this is the problem that Evernote solves - it saves the entire content of the page, images, text, and clickable links.

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Re:This Page is Designed to Last by WalterBright on Friday December 20, 2019 @03:46PM (#21847254)

The link stops working.

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