Reviews for SingleFile
SingleFile by gildas
Review by browser.tech
Rated 4 out of 5
by browser.tech, 5 years agoI tried SingleFile briefly. It works. Looks like a well thought out and put together addon.
One thing I noticed, when you have the option enabled for "include the info bar in the saved page," the page actually shows a floating icon in the upper corner. If you click on this icon a flyout will indicate the time the page was saved, then if you hover over a tiny button on the flyout the original URL will popup. Clicking the tiny button takes you to the original URL.
This all looks nice, but I prefer the way Save Page WE does it. Save Page displays a fixed header bar with the full URL and time the page was saved. For someone like me who's always paying attention to the URL bar this is nicer. It's easier to understand that the page you're viewing is an archive, and easier to get to the original page with a single click.
Note that both the floating icon in SingleFile and the header bar in Save Page WE can be closed.
I also notice that neither SingleFile or Save Page WE works in FireFox reader view. A small thing, but it would be nice. That's what I was really looking for when I tried SingleFile.
One thing I noticed, when you have the option enabled for "include the info bar in the saved page," the page actually shows a floating icon in the upper corner. If you click on this icon a flyout will indicate the time the page was saved, then if you hover over a tiny button on the flyout the original URL will popup. Clicking the tiny button takes you to the original URL.
This all looks nice, but I prefer the way Save Page WE does it. Save Page displays a fixed header bar with the full URL and time the page was saved. For someone like me who's always paying attention to the URL bar this is nicer. It's easier to understand that the page you're viewing is an archive, and easier to get to the original page with a single click.
Note that both the floating icon in SingleFile and the header bar in Save Page WE can be closed.
I also notice that neither SingleFile or Save Page WE works in FireFox reader view. A small thing, but it would be nice. That's what I was really looking for when I tried SingleFile.
Developer response
posted 5 years agoThanks for the review. It is technically impossible to make an add-on run in the reader view. However, you can format the page, as the reader view does, in the annotation editor by clicking the button "format the page for better readability" (page with glasses icon) when present.
987 reviews
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 15466444, 15 days ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 12923365, 17 days ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Ax, 19 days ago
- Rated 2 out of 5by kazerniel, a month agoUnfortunately does not save working JavaScript for the site I've tried. (Removed the network block and some JS features worked, but not the most important ones.)
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 17117224, 2 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by D5, 2 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 19251219, 3 months agoI was looking for a feature similar to Scrapbook, which was available in an earlier version of Firefox Add-on, and I am generally satisfied with SingleFile.
However, there are some areas where it falls short on pages with images.
Many pages display images in a reduced size, and when you click on them, they enlarge, but it is a bit disappointing that you cannot capture the enlarged image.
In many cases, the enlarged images are displayed in a reduced size even if they are stored in a different directory within the same domain.
If this issue were addressed, I would be very satisfied. - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 19242736, 3 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by superfluosity, 3 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13944616, 3 months agoThis thing does what it says it does, and super well. I'm really, really happy with how well the extension manages to capture *exactly* what is on the page. It's pretty much perfect.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Roman Berezkin, 3 months agoI literally use it almost everyday. The most convenient tool in my life. Especially the "Save selection" one, which helps me to save insights from chatgpt and such stuff, which I can't "just screenshot". Love you and your work very much. Thank you!
- Rated 1 out of 5by paguocuctema, 3 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Jean Lo, 3 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by logi, 3 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 19114790, 3 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by anti50ci47, 4 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18753432, 4 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by V!nc3r, 4 months agoUn grand merci au développeur pour cette extension très efficace.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 19111055, 4 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Richard, 4 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 15993249, 4 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Gabriel, 4 months agoEsta extensão é fundamental para meu trabalho. Utilizo muito a ferramenta de anotar e salvar página para rascunhar em cima. Grifar os trechos que acho importante e também excluir os elementos que não me servem.