On the blog: Photographing software - http://dclure.org/essays/photographing-software …. In which I fret about the fragility of web apps.
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Replying to @clured
@clured You might want to check out https://github.com/webrecorder/webrecorder … - very similar to what you're proposing1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @archivetype
@archivetype Very cool. My worry about static web archiving, though, is that we'll lose everything interactive?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @clured
@archivetype Eg - won't we just end up with lots of container divs around broken SPA's, Javascript components, etc?2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @archivetype
@archivetype Right, but even if it goes into the WARC - if it can't be executed in 20 years, it's still effectively lost.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @clured
@clured ...and projects like http://oldweb.today/ can replay a WARC via a contemporary browser, maintaining feature support2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@archivetype @clured Yep, emulation is best strategy we have. Next steps is making it more accessible to use, sustainable for future.
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