How do snapshots get saved? - 98 views

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  #1 Brian Hannah on 30 Sep 09

   

  I'm not sure if this is the place to ask this question, but here it goes:
  
  I love the new snapshot feature, when I can take a snapshot of a page and look back at it at a later time. How does that work, from a technical standpoint? Is my browser (Firefox) uploading the HTML to diigo, and also taking a screenshot, or do the diigo servers connect to the page I am saving and capture the HTML and screenshot? I frequently save pages while I am at work by right-clicking the link and saving it to my library because I am pretty sure the page may be blocked by my company. Then, when I get home I can go back and read the pages I wanted to read. I'm worried that saving a snapshot of a page may actually connect my browser to that web site - unless the Diigo servers will connect directly.
  
  Does that make sense?

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I'm not sure if this is the place to ask this question, but here it goes: <br /> <br /> I love the new snapshot feature, when I can take a snapshot of a page and look back at it at a later time. How does that work, from a technical standpoint? Is my browser (Firefox) uploading the HTML to diigo, and also taking a screenshot, or do the diigo servers connect to the page I am saving and capture the HTML and screenshot? I frequently save pages while I am at work by right-clicking the link and saving it to my library because I am pretty sure the page may be blocked by my company. Then, when I get home I can go back and read the pages I wanted to read. I'm worried that saving a snapshot of a page may actually connect my browser to that web site - unless the Diigo servers will connect directly. <br /> <br /> Does that make sense?</div>

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  #2 Graham Perrin on 30 Sep 09

   

  Using Diigo 4.1.0.3 with Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-GB; rv:1.9.1.3) Gecko/20090824 Firefox/3.5.3 GTB6
  
  To the best of my knowledge:
  
  watch
  ~/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems
  following initiation of the snapshot, whilst the white banner displays to the top left of the Firefox window.
  
  Observe two files produced by the installed version of Diigo: one HTML and one PNG — although they may not be so named.
  
  After upload of both is complete, both are removed.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Using Diigo 4.1.0.3 with Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-GB; rv:1.9.1.3) Gecko/20090824 Firefox/3.5.3 GTB6 <br /> <br /> To the best of my knowledge: <br /> <br /> watch <br /> ~/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems <br /> following initiation of the snapshot, whilst the white banner displays to the top left of the Firefox window. <br /> <br /> Observe two files produced by the installed version of Diigo: one HTML and one PNG — although they may not be so named. <br /> <br /> After upload of both is complete, both are removed.</div>

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  #3 Graham Perrin on 30 Sep 09

   

  > do the diigo servers connect to the page I am saving
  > and capture the HTML and screenshot?
  
  Again, to the best of my knowledge:
  
  * the version that is 'Grabbed by Diigo robot' is a
    single shared public cached copy that
    may originate before or after your visit to the URL;
    not specific to your personalised or authenticated view.
  
  Does that help?

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">> do the diigo servers connect to the page I am saving <br /> > and capture the HTML and screenshot? <br /> <br /> Again, to the best of my knowledge: <br /> <br /> * the version that is 'Grabbed by Diigo robot' is a <br />   single shared public cached copy that <br />   may originate before or after your visit to the URL; <br />   not specific to your personalised or authenticated <i>view</i>. <br /> <br /> Does that help?</div>

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