Most of us, including yours truly, usually associate surfing the Internet with having a direct connection, either via a modem or some other high bandwidth type of connection. However, there are many browsing tools that are designed specifically for offline browsing. While this may sound like a bit of a misnomer, it's actually a very simple concept. You download the content from a Web site when you're connected to the Internet, save it to your hard drive, and then later browse the content right from your hard drive.
To perform this type of operation, you can either employ a special type of browser, such as NetAttache Pro or NearSite. On the other hand, you can take advantage of the offline browsing features built into some of the more mainstream browsers like Internet Explorer 5.0 or Netscape Navigator 4.x. Let's take a closer look at the built-in offline browsing features in these two products.
