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Re: Show HN: Self-hosted offline Internet from your browsing history

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Post by codetrotter »

phkahler wrote: post #25
wolco2 wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unfortunate state of affairs with firefox extentions. Niche extentions do not exist anymore. I had to switch to chrome for extensions. Finding a chrome extension that provides similiar functionality to your firefox ones should be easy.

>> Unfortunate state of affairs with firefox extentions. Niche extentions do not exist anymore. This seems like something that could be done in a proxy and be browser independent.

But then your proxy would need to do the TLS termination. Which is both kinda cumbersome to set up probably, and also it means you can no longer look at the certificates for your connections.

Re: Show HN: Self-hosted offline Internet from your browsing history

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Post by franga2000 »

rzzzt wrote: post #71
severine wrote: post #7

Given the hard 'no' in the FAQ, does anyone know about a similar project for Firefox?

Could the "HAR" file I can save from Firefox' Network tab somehow be used for this? That looks to be a recording from the entire timeline, including payloads.

I have used HAR files for archiving purposes in the past and it did work fairly well, but I'm not sure if there's a way of getting them programmatically

Re: Show HN: Self-hosted offline Internet from your browsing history

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Post by caymanjim »

This is a neat idea, but I wish it would respect some basic Unix standards by default. Two big annoyances jump out at first glance: it assumes you want to use port 22120, and it puts its config in ~/22120-arc. Maybe both of these are configurable, but the directory is a terrible default. Use XDG (~/.config/22120) or at least use a hidden directory in the home dir. And the port it operates on should be completely configurable. Naming the project 22120 is a terrible idea, and assuming that port won't need to change is bad practice.

I'm not making any value judgment about the actual tool. It sounds interesting enough. But it should behave better.

Re: Show HN: Self-hosted offline Internet from your browsing history

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Post by radlad »

abnry wrote: post #73

I am coding my own hacked together bookmarks manager. I can save any page with a click of the button using SingleFile (a fantastic Chrome extension, by the way!). Then a cronjob runs and puts it into a folder to be processed into a database, which generates a static html index and puts it in my Google Drive. Then it syncs offline on my chromebook. Which means that without internet, I can put my chromebook in tablet m…

Any chance you have this open-sourced or described in more detail somewhere?

Re: Show HN: Self-hosted offline Internet from your browsing history

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Post by alliao »

I miss RSS primarily because I was able to search for stuff either I've read or I care about...

I am too embarrassed to admit that a disproportionate amount of my time are spent on looking for a sentence or god forbid a tweet I vaguely remember reading last week.

SO yes, consider this a vote for that sexy full text search please.

Re: Show HN: Self-hosted offline Internet from your browsing history

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Post by runxel »

lights0123 wrote: post #42
prima-facie wrote: post #33

Isn't this how the internet was supposed to work in the first place? I remember Netscape navigator having a 'go offline' icon in the corner.

Firefox still has it under File.

Sure, but does it do anything?

Re: Show HN: Self-hosted offline Internet from your browsing history

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Post by kilroy_jones »

abnry wrote: post #73

I am coding my own hacked together bookmarks manager. I can save any page with a click of the button using SingleFile (a fantastic Chrome extension, by the way!). Then a cronjob runs and puts it into a folder to be processed into a database, which generates a static html index and puts it in my Google Drive. Then it syncs offline on my chromebook. Which means that without internet, I can put my chromebook in tablet m…

I had started working on something similar to this, but without the Google Drive component. I wanted something where I could right click and "snag" a file, link or document and have it saved to a server I controlled.

It's not complete, mostly because the frontend is a mess, but the backend is able to save files, pages and links (https://gitlab.com/thebird/snag). Used Rust backend, Svelte and JS for the extension (of course).

Re: Show HN: Self-hosted offline Internet from your browsing history

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Post by fizixer »

caymanjim wrote: post #83

This is a neat idea, but I wish it would respect some basic Unix standards by default. Two big annoyances jump out at first glance: it assumes you want to use port 22120, and it puts its config in ~/22120-arc. Maybe both of these are configurable, but the directory is a terrible default. Use XDG (~/.config/22120) or at least use a hidden directory in the home dir. And the port it operates on should be completely conf…

I agree what you say while also pointing out that unix home directory has become a complete mess. Anyone (any installed software) can do whatever they like, there is no mechanism of enforcement, and advice in the form of constructive critque or comment is not even a drop in the bucket towards fixing the problem.

Re: Show HN: Self-hosted offline Internet from your browsing history

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Post by abnry »

radlad wrote: post #84
abnry wrote: post #73

I am coding my own hacked together bookmarks manager. I can save any page with a click of the button using SingleFile (a fantastic Chrome extension, by the way!). Then a cronjob runs and puts it into a folder to be processed into a database, which generates a static html index and puts it in my Google Drive. Then it syncs offline on my chromebook. Which means that without internet, I can put my chromebook in tablet m…

Any chance you have this open-sourced or described in more detail somewhere?

It's too hackish, system dependent, and not feature complete yet. I plan to run it as a flask app on the local network as a more intuitive way of tagging and managing bookmarks... lot more to do.

Re: Show HN: Self-hosted offline Internet from your browsing history

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Post by rezeroed »

abnry wrote: post #73

I am coding my own hacked together bookmarks manager. I can save any page with a click of the button using SingleFile (a fantastic Chrome extension, by the way!). Then a cronjob runs and puts it into a folder to be processed into a database, which generates a static html index and puts it in my Google Drive. Then it syncs offline on my chromebook. Which means that without internet, I can put my chromebook in tablet m…

Pocket?
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