Offline Browsers

Browser-Based Solutions
Microsoft's Internet Explorer 5 (IE5) offers a good example of a browser's ability to facilitate offline browsing. IE5 makes the downloading process more efficient than the "save as" method. This feature is also available in IE4 but IE5 simplifies the procedure. Netscape offers a similar feature.

PDF
Adobe Acrobat V.4 offers an easy-to-use, near-offline browser type function. The end product is a PDF format version of a series of Web pages or an entire Web site that you can view entirely offline. This feature is called "Web capture." All of the text, images, and links from multiple HTML pages and image files are contained in a single new PDF document. You can navigate in the new document and edit it as you can any other PDF document.

Screen Capture
Screen capture software can also function as an offline browser, though that is not its main intention. Such programs have circulated for quite a few years. They work well for grabbing entire screens or portions of screens for inclusion in PowerPoint presentations, as graphics for Web pages, or as images integrated into documentation. Many Web sites that have tutorials use screen capture software to show the actual dialog boxes and screens the users need to learn.

Some Offline Browsers
WebWhacker

SiteSnagger