[Foundation-l] Access Any Web Site (Like Wikipedia) Offline with GearsMonkey

Brianna Laugher brianna.laugher at gmail.com
Thu Nov 22 03:48:25 UTC 2007


Wow, that failed impressively.

GearsMonkey: Google Gears + Greasemonkey to take Wikipedia offline
http://code.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=81101&topic=11982

Detailed instructions for how to use Google Gears + Firefox
Greasemonkey to roll your own offline Wikipedia.

Brianna



On 22/11/2007, Brianna <brianna.laugher at gmail.com> wrote:
> Build your own dump? :)
>
> cheers,
> Brianna
>
> Sent to you by Brianna via Google Reader: Access Any Web Site (Like
> Wikipedia) Offline with GearsMonkey via Lifehacker Australia on
> 21/11/07 Firefox with Greasemonkey and Google Gears: The Wikipedia
> Offline Greasemonkey script plugs Greasemonkey into Google Gears (the
> offline web access extension that works with Google Reader and other
> sites) to provide offline access and syncing with Wikipedia. Once
> you've installed the script, head to Wikipedia and enable Gears. Now,
> when browsing any page on Wikipedia, you'll notice a small frame that
> contains links to cache the current page or access other pages you've
> already cached. Even better, the author of the script provides a howto
> guide for taking virtually any web site offline with Gears and
> Greasemonkey, so anyone with some javascript chops should be able to
> start building Gears access for their favourite sites (here's hoping we
> see a lot more of these). The Wikipedia Offline script is free,
> requires Greasemonkey and Google Gears. GearsMonkey: Google Gears +
> Greasemonkey to take Wikipedia offline [Google Code]
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