The offline video cache web browser
2024-07-17 18:21:00 +07:00 by Mark Smith
I wish this product would exist.
It’s a web browser just like Firefox or Chrome, but has a built in core feature that downloads and caches videos for offline viewing. The way it would work:
- You would be able to select and mark videos on a page for offline viewing
- These would then download in the background into a local cache
- The page would also be saved in a local cache
- Later you could open the page while offline
- The page would load, and the videos marked for offline viewing would be watchable even though there is no internet connection
- There would be a download manager for each page so you could easily see which videos were still downloading
- A nice to have would be functional comments that would sync up later when you get back online
Offline is still terrible. I wrote about this last year in a piece that explored the state of the offline reading experience, and put together a feature list for an ideal offline reader app.
I want to be able to watch online videos again!