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by nyreed 1304 days ago
Does this have advantages over .webarchive?
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gildas 1304 days ago
Only Safari can open .webarchive files. Files saved with SingleFile can be opened in any browser (without needing to install any extension).

Edit: I just did a test with https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/17/three-men-foun.... The CSS of the resulting webarchive is very broken and the file weights 4 times more than the one saved with SingleFile.

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russellbeattie 1303 days ago
.webarchive is just a binary plist, only works on Apple OSes and has security issues. I posted about the various ways to encapsulate HTML last week, including SingleFile, for those who are interested.

https://www.russellbeattie.com/notes/posts/the-decades-long-...

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