BackStreet - An offline browser

BackStreet Browser is a free, powerful offline browser. If you have habits of blog reading or web surfing offline while on the train or plane where broadband access is still very limited, you can try BackStreet Browser fo rthe same. It is a high-speed, multi-threading website download and viewing program. By making multiple simultaneous server requests, BackStreet Browser can quickly download entire website or part of a site including HTML, graphics, Java Applets, sound and other user definable files, and saves all the files in your hard drive, either in their native format, or as a compressed ZIP file and view offline.

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In the event you lose your Internet connection while downloading a site, the Resume Session allows you to pick up a session where you left off after reestablishing your Internet connection.If you wish to update a previously downloaded site, the Update Session feature allows you to revisit a site using new search parameters to make sure you have the most current files.This is a program which allows you to strip a Website from pretty much all the items: text, video, audio, images, programs, archives. You can filter files by URL, size, type, date modified, text and gather data from files that require HTTP authentication. You can also select recursion levels, retrieval threads, timeout. Connection via proxy servers is also available.

It can rewrite all the links so that you can browse the site from your hard drive, without the need for an internet connection. Other features include URL and file filters, built-in browser display, site tree navigation, proxy support, site updates, site copy mode and more.To have an update on the website contents that have downloaded earlier, you can use Update Session feature to revisit the website and it will ensure you have kept the most recent files.

All downloaded files can be viewed offline by using quick-view browser windows provided in BackStreet Browser’s main screen. Additionally, BackStreet Browser provides the option of duplicating the original directory structure of a site making it easy to download and transfer a site to another server.

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BackStreet is very easy to use and it has a lot of options you can choose from in order to get only the content you are interested like if you are only interested in the images from a Website, you can only set the program to download images by un-checking the download of programs.After downloading, all links within the website are reconstructed creating a complete hard drive copy of the site that you can view at your own pace without being connected to the Internet.Well, i have some of the important features of BackStreet:-

• Built-in Zip/Unzip facility for downloaded websites
• Option of duplicating the original directory structure of a site
• Filters files by URL, size, type, date modified, text
• User-selectable recursion levels, retrieval threads, timeout and proxy support
• Accesses password-protected sites
• High-speed, multi-threading website download
• Resume feature to pick up a session where left off
• Update feature to download new or modified files
• Built-in file viewer in onboard browser window to view files offline
• Print/Preview downloaded files within same offline browser window

BackStreet provides the option of duplicating the original directory structure of a site making it easy to download and transfer a site to another server. In addition to the embedded quick-view browser window in the main program screen, you can launch your default browser for viewing any downloaded projects. It is compatible to run on Windows 95/98/2000/NT/ME/XP. The only minimum hardware requirements is you must have at least 64 MB RAM and 2 MB hard disk space for it to work well.

It really sounds great, An offline browser. Well, i saw its features which is very interesting as well.

Thanks for sharing this to us. :thumbup1: :thumbup1: