Glossary Term
Offline reader
Website-mirroring software
- Website-mirroring software allows for the download of an entire website to the local hard disk for offline browsing.
- Web crawler software like Wget can be used to generate a site mirror.
- Golden CommPass (GCP) is a website-mirroring software published by Creative Systems Programming Corporation.
- HTTrack is a website copier and offline browser developed by HTTrack.com.
- HTTrack Website Copier is a free software offline browser available under GNU GPL.
- Aeria Leech is an offline web browser for Windows 95/98/NT.
- ScrapBook is an offline web browser add-on for Firefox.
- Offline Explorer Enterprise is a product by MetaProducts for offline browsing.
Offline mail readers
- Offline mail readers are programs that allow users to read electronic mail or other messages with minimal connection time to the server.
- BBS servers package multiple messages into a compressed file for users to download.
- Offline mail readers allow users to read messages with minimal connection time to the server.
- Some mailers like Outlook Express and AOL can be used offline, while others like Juno are mainly intended for offline use.
- Hamster is a free software offline mail and news reader developed by Mathias Dolidon.
- Mail reader for Compuserve is an offline mail reader.
- OLX is an offline mail and news reader, with a free test subset called Off Line Xpress - Test Drive (OLX-TD).
Offline news readers
- Offline news readers organize messages into news groups.
- Offline news readers allow users to read messages with minimal connection time to the server.
Browsing and downloading methods
- Website-mirroring software allows for offline browsing by downloading a copy of the entire website.
- Wget is a web crawler software commonly used to generate site mirrors.
- BBS servers package messages into compressed files for users to download.
- Internet mail servers send messages uncompressed using protocols like POP3 or IMAP4.
Additional offline browsing tools
- Hamster is a web hoarding software available on GitHub.
- OLX is an offline mail and news reader.
- HTTrack is a website copier and offline browser.
- Offline mail and news reader OLX has a free test subset called Off Line Xpress - Test Drive (OLX-TD).