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Test Of Archiving Software - Web2Pic

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Type

Name

Platform

Version

Price

URL

Remarks

Individual web page in static form

Web2Pic

Windows

1.1

Free

http://www.anloer.com/web2pic/

UPDATE
[2005.08.09]:
Version 1.2.1 is now available from the developers website. The programme in its new version (not tested here) features a completly new interface and command line support. Web2Pic now costs 21 USD.

Conclusion

Web2Pic can make a screenshot of an individual web page. The archived material appears as a static snapshot of the web page and dynamics are thus not archived. The programme is not always able to archive the web page (among others, this was the case when archiving http://www.dr.dk/skum and http://tv2.dk/ in this test), which instead appears severely lacking. It should be noted that the programme archives a great number of web pages correctly. It is also an advantage that Web2Pic is free.


Recommended settings

Web2Pic need not be installed, only unpacked and run from the 'WEB2PIC.exe' file. The programme is easy to use and the options for settings are limited. The URL for the desired web page is typed into the programme’s address field, and the 'WEB2PIC.' button (at the bottom) is pressed. Archiving format and compression are then chosen. JPEG format and 85 % compression are recommended, since this limits the space used on the hard disk, while the quality of the images is acceptable to most users.


Archiving speed

Archiving time (min)

File size (MB)

Archiving speed (MB/min)

Degree of presence required

Not tested

Not tested

Not tested

Not tested


Test details


Test date and time: Tuesday October 19 2004, 1 p.m. – 1,30 p.m.

Tested by: Bo Hovgaard Thomasen

Tested by archiving: http://www.dr.dk/nyheder , http://www.dr.dk/skum, http://www.dr.dk/skum http://tv2.dk

Speed test carried out by archiving: http://www.dr.dk/nyheder/html/nyheder/baggrund/tema2003/krise/index.jhtml

Test results

The following have been evaluated according to the following scale for the number of archived elements: 0=none, 1=few, 2=average, 3=most, 4=all

Structure

aa

2

aa

aa

Cascading Style Sheets

4

The archived material follows the online web pageís CSS.

Page composition

2

Some web pages cannot be archived with the correct page composition, while others are archived 100% correctly

Background

2

Some web page backgrounds are not archived, while others are archived 100% correctly.

Pop-up-windows

0

The programme can only archive individual pages.

Archiving of all the desired web pages

-

Not relevant for this programme.

Movement between elements in the structure

Link

0

aa

Print/writing

Textual link

0

Links not active, the archived material is static.

Pull-down menu

0

Links not active, the archived material is static.

Formulas such as login

0

Links not active, the archived material is static.

Image

Animation

0

Links not active, the archived material is static.

Graphics

0

Links not active, the archived material is static.

Photo

0

Links not active, the archived material is static.

Moving images

0

Links not active, the archived material is static.

Link target

0

aa

Print/writing

Text

0

Links not active, the archived material is static.

Image

Animation

0

Links not active, the archived material is static.

Graphics

0

Links not active, the archived material is static

Photo

0

Links not active, the archived material is static.

Moving images

0

Links not active, the archived material is static

Other

-

aa

Sound

a

0

Links not active, the archived material is static.

Automation

0

aa

aa

Automatic redirection

0

Links not active, the archived material is static.

Movement in elements in the structure

Automatic + inherent

0

aa

Print/writing

aa

0

Movable print/writing archived only as snapshot

Image

Animation

0

Animation archived only as screenshot

Moving images

0

Moving images archived only as screenshot

Banner ads

0

Banner ads archived only as screenshot

Sound

Background sound

0

Sound is not archived

Banner ads

0

Sound is not archived

Automatic + online

0

zz

Print/writing

Chat as reader

0

The archived material is static. Chat can only be archived as a snapshot with no movement.

Image

Moving images

0

The archived material is static

Sound

aa

0

Sound is not archived

User intervention + inherent

0

aa

Print/writing

Archived chat

0

The archived material is static.

Mouse-over

0

The archived material is static.

Quizzes

0

The archived material is static.

Clickable maps

0

The archived material is static.

Image

Non-streamed image (such as slide show, clickable map)

0

The archived material is static.

Games

0

The archived material is static.

Quizzes

0

The archived material is static.

Clickable maps (w. zoom or activation)

0

The archived material is static.

Mouse-over

0

The archived material is static.

Sound

Non-streamed sound (e.g. activated in games, quizzes, etc.)

0

Sound is not archived

Mouse-over

0

Sound is not archived

User intervention + online

0

aa

Print/writing

Chat (as participant)

0

The archived material is static.

Polls

0

The archived material is static.

Test-yourself

0

The archived material is static.

Image

Streamed images

0

The archived material is static.

Games

0

The archived material is static.

Sound

Streaming (both archived and live)

0

The archived material is static.

Non-movable elements

aa

2

aa

Print/writing

aa

2

In some web pages all print/writing is correctly archived, in others much print/writing is missing.

Image

aa

2

In some web pages all images are correctly archived, in others many images are missing.

Sound

aa

0

Sound is not archived


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The test was carried out by graduate student Bo Hovgaard Thomasen during the period from July- December 2004, and its premises and main results are explicated in the text Test of software and strategies for micro-archiving websites.

Note: We do not have the resources to offer technical support or other advice on the use of the tested archiving programme beyond what can be found on this web page.