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WebScrapBook by Danny Lin

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Review by n28
by n28, 7 years ago
I highly appreciate that you try to transform Scrapbook into a WebExtension. I have tons of data in Scrapbook X and followed all the instructions to install, migrate and capture, but in the current stage this is pure rocket science to install and use.
I am stuck with the data in my Download folder, can't capture, have no sidebar to display and search my data and I have no idea how to get any functionality from it, so I give up. If there's a small chance to re-enable the usability of Scrapbook X you should go this way.

Note: My one star rating is not at all meant to discourage you but to reflect the current stage of usability. Of course this will be changed when the usability rises. Thanks for your work!
134 reviews
  • by Silopolis, 2 months ago
  • by Ризина Ульяна, 5 months ago
    Просто супер!
  • by Faisal, 7 months ago
    Best plugin to save web pages.
  • by Nansy Cook, 8 months ago
    Useful addon
  • by Firefox user 18235051, 10 months ago
    I needed to backup a website that used form login, making a simple scraping not possible. This extension worked like a charm after figuring out some of the configuration options.
  • by Avater, a year ago
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  • by Supriyadi, a year ago
  • by Yaliang, 2 years ago
    Thanks for developing this plugin. It makes it extremely easy to achieve and save web pages.
  • by texsd, 2 years ago
  • by Firefox user 13058149, 2 years ago
    I choose the WebScrapBook/data option but it wants me to configure Backend server... ? ? ?
    Useless.
    I miss the old Scrapbook Extension.

    Developer response

    posted 2 years ago
    Please consult the documentation about different approaches to capture a page: https://github.com/danny0838/webscrapbook/wiki/Basic. Raise an issue with more details (e.g. a screenshot illustrating where you are asked for backend server configuration) in the source repository if you still don't get it.
  • by Alexander, 2 years ago
  • by Firefox user 12472805, 3 years ago
  • by Deil, 3 years ago
    So glad .maff format is not dead. Thanks a lot.
  • by azzone, 3 years ago
  • by Firefox user 13474132, 3 years ago
    Tanto utile prima ora completamente inusabile perchè oltremodo macchinoso.
  • by mike1985, 3 years ago
    Amazing Tool, would be nice to set also a min. size for pictures...
  • by OM_RA, 3 years ago
  • by Firefox user 15902721, 3 years ago
  • by SouzaRM, 3 years ago
    100% working!
    Thanks @Danny Lin
  • by Hann, 3 years ago
  • by Firefox user 13637550, 3 years ago
    This is incredible and the work that is being put into it is admirable. The documentation isn't the best but the creator was very quick to answer my questions and I was able to create a JSON batch capture that captured an entire site for me. It's not the easiest thing to use but read the documentation, look at the examples, and ask questions on the github if you need help. This is a very powerful plugin and I hope the developer continues to develop it.
  • by DrakeFromFrance, 4 years ago
    Thank you for your job Danny. I use WebScrapbook in Firefox, and Firefox is my default browser on Windows 10. I already set a new task using the .pyw extension to start WSB with the console hidden however it starts Firefox and open a new tab. Is there a way to start WebScrapbook without opening a new tab?
    Just a remark: when I click on the icon of WSB in the tools bar of Firefox, it tooks me always a few seconds to find "Open Scrapbook". It would be nice if you emphasised it, or at least if you put it at the top of the menu. Thank you.

    Where do I set server.browse to false??

    Developer response

    posted 4 years ago
    1. Configure PyWebScrapBook and set server.browse to false. We'll consider use false as default in the future.
    2. The primary feature for WebScrapBook is capturing, not management, and thus putting "Open ScrapBook" as the first command doesn't make sense. Emphasizing which command is likely controversial for the same reason. We need a thorough evaluation/discussion before doing this. FYI: you can configure a hotkey using the browser extension hotkey manager for a faster way to open the sidebar.
  • by noone, 4 years ago
    I just wanted to know how i can stop the auto-capture from making new folder every time for the same URL and instead skip or overwrite the same files.I'm sorry i searched a lot through the settings and wiki but couldn't find anything (also I'm not that knowledgeable with this stuff so i didn't understand a lot), its not just auto-capture but capturing a page twice still creates two folders

    Developer response

    posted 4 years ago
    This is probably something not yet implemented. If you'd like to provide a feature request, it'd be better to raise an issue in the source repo (https://github.com/danny0838/webscrapbook/issues) or send an email, and provide more details (e.g. Do you use a backend server? What is your use case and intention?) as it's not easy to discuss in this Addon site (we won't receive any notification from an update of a comment).

    cf. thread of the original request: https://github.com/danny0838/webscrapbook/issues/8
  • by Myron, 4 years ago
    Is there a way to auto save a tab after a configurable time in focus?

    i do a lot of research and almost always either leave a page quickly or spend several minutes reading?

    i often forget to save the page until trying to remember it weeks later

    ... updated to the current version... set autosave time to 60000(ms)... nothing is being saved... please advise

    Developer response

    posted 4 years ago
    This is current not supported and is an open issue: https://github.com/danny0838/webscrapbook/issues/8

    If you have some good idea welcome to provide a further feedback in the thread.