Type | Name | Platform | Version | Price | URL | Remarks |
Individual web pages in a static state | Paparazzi! | Mac OS X | 0.1.8 | Free | Software designed to make screenshots of web pages |
Conclusion |
Paparazzi! Is a programme that can make a screenshot of a single web page. One advantage of using this programme is that the page visually appears exactly as experienced in the browser – with the exception of dynamic elements, which are not archived by the programme. Another strong point with Paparazzi! Is that it is designed for the sole purpose of archiving individual web pages. This solves one of the problems with screenshot programmes, which is that they typically only allow for shots of windows or areas of the screen – not the whole web page. A disadvantage of the programme and screen shots/screen recording in general, is that a person must be present during the entire archiving process, as this is done manually, one web page at a time. |
Recommended settings |
Paparazzi! has only one function- to make a screen shot of a single web page, and archive the photo in the .png-format. The programme is uncomplicated and easy to use. The only setting is the width and minimum height of the photo. These values should both be set at 1 pixel, as the programme will then automatically choose the web pageís height and width. |
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 |
Tested by: Bo Hovgaard Thomasen Tested by archiving: : http://www.dr.dk/nyheder , http://www.dr.dk/skum Speed test carried out by archiving : http://www.dr.dk/nyheder/html/nyheder/baggrund/tema2003/krise/index.jhtml |
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 | |||
a | 3 | a | |
a | Cascading Style Sheets | 4 | The archived web page follows the online web pageís CSS. |
Page composition | 4 | All elements are correctly positioned on the archived web page | |
Background | 4 | All backgrounds are archived | |
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 | a | |
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 | - | a | |
Sound | a | 0 | Links not active, the archived material is static. |
Automation | 0 | a | |
aa | Automatic redirection | 0 | Links not active, the archived material is static. |
Movement in elements in the structure | |||
Automatic + inherent | 0 | a | |
Print/writing | aa | 0 | Movable print/writing archived only as snapshot |
Image | Animation | 0 | Animation archived only as static image |
Moving images | 0 | Moving images archived only as static image | |
Banner ads | 0 | Banner ads archived only as static image | |
Sound | Background sound | 0 | Sound not archived |
Banner ads | 0 | Sound not archived | |
Automatic + online | 0 | aa | |
Print/writing | Chat as reader | 0 | The archived material is static. Chat can only be archived as snapshots without movement. |
Image | Moving images | 0 | The archived material is static. |
Sound | aa | 0 | Sound not archived. |
User intervention + inherent | 0 | a | |
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 not archived |
Mouse-over | 0 | Sound not archived | |
User intervention + online | 0 | a | |
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 | 3 | aa | |
Print/writing | aa | 4 | All print/writing is archived |
Image | aa | 4 | All images are archived |
Sound | aaa | 0 | Sound is not archived |
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.