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When you access a website on any web browser like Google Chrome, Firefox, or Opera, you can download all the images, styles, JavaScript files, and even the cache memory of that page. Firefox web browser users can also experience the Offline Web Browsing feature on Firefox with similar functionality to Google Chrome.
In addition to saving a webpage as a PDF file on Chrome for offline reading, users also have various other ways to browse the web offline. One of them is utilizing the browser's cache memory.
The purpose of cache memory is to enable you to read all web content even when there is no internet connection. Specifically, cache memory can be combined with the offline mode on Chrome to facilitate easy offline browsing.
Activate offline mode on Chrome, browse offline on Chrome
The offline mode in Chrome needs to be activated through chrome://flags.
Step 1: Enter “chrome://flags/#show-saved-copy” in the Chrome URL bar and press Enter.
Step 2: Click on the Default option and select “Enable: Primary” from the dropdown list.
The option “Enable: Secondary” provides the same functionality but with a slight difference compared to “Enable: Primary”.
Step 3: Click on Relaunch Now to finalize all changes and activate.
Now, when you access offline websites, all data from the page will be directly loaded from the cache memory instead of fetching data from the browser's server.
The website after being saved in the cache memory.
When accessing offline websites, pay attention to the text Show Saved Copy right below This site can’t be reached. Click here to open the list of websites saved in the browser's cache.
As mentioned earlier, if you choose Enable: Primary, the Show Saved Copy button will appear right below the This site can't be reached message.
On the other hand, if you select Enable: Secondary, the Show Saved Copy button will be positioned below the message “There is no Internet connection” instead of “This site can’t be reached'.
Besides Chrome for Windows, this mode is also available with Chrome for Mac, Linux, Chrome OS, and Chrome for Android. The basic functionality works similarly.
Note that offline web browsing is essentially revisiting old versions of the browser. However, if you regularly update news pages, the information source won't be too outdated.
For items and pages you haven't accessed, Google Chrome won't display any backup copies in the cache memory.
Especially, avoid clearing the browser's cache if you don't want all websites and articles to disappear in an instant. Always remember, not clearing the cache is one of the ways to enhance your browsing experience on Chrome.
Mytour previously introduced you to the method of saving web pages for offline viewing on Firefox and Google Chrome. This is one of the quite simple ways to browse offline that you can refer to.
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