Best way to save articles from Internet?

[jackc]

I don't know if this is the right place for this question. I was wondering whether people might have ideas on the best way to save news articles or other interesting links that you come across.

Sometimes I'll save articles as pdfs, that's a bit cumbersome though. I also use WebnoteHappy, a nice desktop bookmark management app. But that's only as good as the link survives. I use OmniOutliner Pro for other purposes, I'm not sure that would be the best solution as web clippings can only be used for text selections.

Other ideas?

 

[flopticalcube]

Why do you feel PDFs are cumbersome?

 

[KingYaba]

Check out YEP for the PDFs

 

[sammich]

Paparazzi works fairly well, although I don't know if it works for sites that require authentication.

I made an example but I had to recompress it in jpeg so it'll up load to this site. The second one is a crop of the first in original quality.

 

[jackc]

Why do you feel PDFs are cumbersome?

Not the files themselves, but I guess I'm looking for a faster saving/organization workflow.

 

[flopticalcube]

Not the files themselves, but I guess I'm looking for a faster saving/organization workflow.

I suppose you could write an Applescript that would print to pdf and store in a particular directory and then use Spotlight to find and retrieve the file. I wouldn't rely on bookmarking because, as you say, who knows how long the page (or site even) will be around.

 

[Apemanblues]

If you use Firefox then the scrapbook add-on might be usefull.

I use Safari, but my GF uses Firefox Scrapbook all the time.

 

[Slumbercub]

File => save as Web Archive and then save them intro a specific folder.

 

[pjrobertson]

If you use Firefox then the scrapbook add-on might be usefull.

I use Safari, but my GF uses Firefox Scrapbook all the time.

Yeah I was going to recommend scrapbook.

Clipmarks is a handy way of saving info in it's original format. (Another FF extension)