The default web browser that came pre-installed on your Nexus 5 is Google's own Chrome. A wonderful mobile browser with many features, this app has a quick and easy way to save pages for later. A wonderful mobile browser with many features, this app has a quick and easy way to save pages for later.
If you read a lot of articles online, chances are you’ve run into issues with network connectivity and more. Also, there are times when you may want to read an article later on, and just want to save it for whenever you get the time to peruse it. Until now, people have been using apps like Pocket, or Instapaper to save links to read later. However, Google just announced a new feature in Chrome for Android with which users can download webpages on their devices, and read them later.
So, if you want to use the all new offline mode in Google Chrome, here is how to view webpages offline in Chrome on Android. Download Webpages for Offline Viewing Note: You will need the latest version of Chrome in order for the download options to be visible. As of this writing, Chrome for Android is currently on 58.0.3029.83 If you want to save webpages for offline viewing, you can just follow the steps given below:. Launch Chrome, and find the link for the webpage you want to download. Long press on the link, and in the context menu that pops up, you’ll see an option that says “ Download Link“.
Tap on this icon. Chrome may ask you for storage permissions if you’ve not downloaded files using Chrome before. If you run into the “ You’re offline” error page, or the Chrome dinosaur page while navigating to a webpage, you’ll see a button that reads “ Download Page Later“. You can tap on this, and Chrome will queue the webpage to be downloaded the next time you have a working internet connection.
Downloading webpages for viewing later also works for the Article Suggestions that show up on the “New Tab” page in Chrome. So, you can save all the articles that you want to read later (or maybe on a flight), and then read them while staying offline. Chrome also ensures that you can access your saved webpages easily, and you’ll be able to see all of the pages you’ve saved, in the “New Tab” page in Chrome, with a special badge to mark them as downloaded. You can simply tap on these downloaded webpages and view them at your leisure. SEE ALSO: Easily Save Webpages for Offline Viewing in Chrome Chrome brings a very easy to use method for saving webpages for offline viewing, or just reading at a later time.
The way that Chrome handles this is quite a bit different from the way apps like Pocket saves links. Most offline reading apps just save the text of the website for reading later, however, Chrome’s native feature saves the entire webpage instead, and always keeps a list of webpages ready for you, even when you’re offline. So, will you be uninstalling apps like Pocket, now that Chrome has the functionality natively, and with a lot more capability? Do share your thoughts in the comments section below.
Sometimes you need to have access to a website’s data while offline. Maybe you’d like a but your hosting service doesn’t have an option to do so. It may be the case that you’d like to imitate how a popular website is structured or what their CSS/HTML files look like. Whatever the case there are a few ways you can download a part of or a complete website for offline access. Some websites are too good to simply linger online that’s why we’ve gathered 5 tools which you can use to easily download any website right to your local PC, similar to our guide about. The programs we mention below can serve this purpose very well.
The options are straightforward enough that you can begin downloading an entire website in just a couple of minutes. Download Partial or Complete Website for Offline Access HTTrack is an extremely popular program for downloading websites. Although the interface isn’t quite modern, it functions very well for its intended purpose. The wizard is easy to use and will follow you through settings that define where the website should be saved and some specifics like what files should be avoided in the download. For example, exclude whole links from the site if you have no reason to extract those portions.
Also, specify how many should be opened for downloading the pages. These are all available from the “Set options” button during the wizard: If a particular file is taking too long to download, you can easily skip it or cancel the process midway. When the files have been downloaded, you can at its root using a file similar to this one here, which is “index.html.” Getleft has a new, modern feel to its interface. Upon launch, press “Ctrl + U” to quickly get started by entering an URL and save directory. Before the download begins, you’ll be asked which files should be downloaded. We are using Google as our example, so these pages should look familiar. Every page that’s included in the download will be extracted, which means every file from those particular pages will be downloaded.
Once begun, all files will be pulled to the local system like so: When complete, you can offline by opening the main index file. PageNest reminds me a bit of both HTTrack and Getleft combined. Enter the address of the website to download in the “Address” tab from the main page upon program launch. You’ll be asked for the essentials like the name of the site and where it should be saved. Select a few options in the “Range” tab – choose whether to download pages that are not under the selected domain, among other settings and then start the download.
When complete, you can open the download and, like this: Cyotek WebCopy Use predefined passwords for authentication and create rules with to download a full site for offline viewing. Start a copy of the “F5” key and watch as the files are downloaded. The total size of the currently downloaded files shows in the bottom right corner of the window. You can even for a visual representation of the files. Wikipedia Dumps Wikipedia users to use programs like those above to download from their site. Instead, they have Dumps we can download.
For example, here are dumps for October 28th, 2013: Download these clumps of data in XML format, extracting them with something like. Conclusion Among the listed programs, I’ll say with confidence you’ll be able to download any website you want. Whether authentication is required or you only want select pages to be extracted, one of the above will surely do. The Wikipedia is a great resource for offline access. Studying about a topic or just want to read up on a specific topic? Download the data from the Wikipedia dumps and access it offline anytime you want. If you like the idea of accessing websites offline you may like to read about using.