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When (Not) to Use WebGrabber

As explained previously, WebGrabber is a special type of Web file copier; it is designed to copy only a specified collection of web files that share a common topic.

Do not use WebGrabber:

Do use WebGrabber:

Personally, I use WebGrabber to collect information about specific products (ex. Application software) so that I can view the information locally (for faster viewing) and do comparison between the advertised products. Before downloading a software and installing it, I want to know about its license (ex. Does it have restrictions that I cannot cope with), the corporate policies (ex. Privacy policies, support, etc), information about the company (ex. Its history, its mandate, its location, its managers/developers) and I want to get review articles and user opinions. I want to know about the application requirements, its function set (ex. Does it fulfill my needs, or my company needs), its documentation, its cost and availability, etc. From analysis of such collected information, I decide which product to download, or buy or try. I can present this collection and my analysis to my boss to justify the purchase of a specific application. No other web site copier software can do that easily.

 


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