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Hi,

 Currently when I browse a website and I decide to go offline, I can continue to browser the website on pages I visited. However, if I restart Firefox I am unable to browse the website whose cache should still be stored.

Is there a way to make FireFox to keep cache for my browsing indefinite* for offline usage (at least for selected websites), or maybe a third party product that caches filters sites as I browse using Firefox.

Thanks.

  • To the limit of the cache size. Currently I have it maxed at 1024MB.
Hi, Currently when I browse a website and I decide to go offline, I can continue to browser the website on pages I visited. However, if I restart Firefox I am unable to browse the website whose cache should still be stored. Is there a way to make FireFox to keep cache for my browsing indefinite* for offline usage (at least for selected websites), or maybe a third party product that caches filters sites as I browse using Firefox. Thanks. * To the limit of the cache size. Currently I have it maxed at 1024MB.

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The built-in Firefox cache is not working very reliable with some web pages that use a lot of JavaScript and other means to generate pages, but should work with simple pages that only display content from the source code.

A possibility is to create a screenshot or print the page to a PDF file.
There are extensions to create a screenshot of the full page and the built-in Developer tools (Shift+F2) also have a screenshot command (enter S and press F1: screenshot --fullpage) to save the full page as a png image.


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Thank you. Not exactly what I want. I already have scrapbook and read it is no better.

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Chosen Solution

The built-in Firefox cache is not working very reliable with some web pages that use a lot of JavaScript and other means to generate pages, but should work with simple pages that only display content from the source code.

A possibility is to create a screenshot or print the page to a PDF file.
There are extensions to create a screenshot of the full page and the built-in Developer tools (Shift+F2) also have a screenshot command (enter S and press F1: screenshot --fullpage) to save the full page as a png image.


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Thank you. I see so it has problems with javascript.

I am afraid that solution is not possible for me. I have several dozens of pages that get updated daily. I wanted to be able to browse them fast and then when I have to go offline, I would still have access to them and (and their links) at my own pace.

It seems self-defeating that currently it works within the same Firefox session in all cases I have come across but I can understand it's a difficult feature.

Thanks I will mark yours as the answer.