Out of the applications listed which i didn't already have, Coppernic was the first app i downloaded.
It was a decent enough application but i found the standalone interface a little cumbersome. The idea of having to run an application besides a web browser was a little off putting. Now putting that aside it does a good job of searching, but with back to back searching with Google, found Google a lot easier to navigate.
And also with coppernic i got a lot of repeat entries in the search.
Also the thought of having to pay for a search engine (if i upgraded to full features) is definitely not to my tastes. You know "Web 2.0" and stuff:)
The second application i chose to install was Pagesucker. I just loved the creative name!
It was a painless 1.7meg download and install.
The first site i asked it to "suck" was my local weather page, it actually took a really long time to my surprise. So long i stopped it! So i tried a different site, something a bit simpler, same thing. So i went and had a coffee and came back. Still going! OK so i stopped and went to see what Page-get-stucker had done. And after opening the copied index.html file i was surprised on all the content it made available offline. Nearly the whole site!
This is a handy tool for my next flight, i will suck down some of my favorite websites so i can read them while flying, it actually is useful albeit a bit clumsy in operation.
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