Those of us who’ve been using Mobile Safari for any length of time have dealt with this not infrequent frustration. There you are, reading a news article on the latest celebrity break-ups the upcoming election, but you’re about to head onto the subway/get on a plane/enter a dead spot. Sometimes the page will stay loaded, and you’re fine—but sometimes, Safari decides, for no apparent reason, to unload the page.
That’s where iWebSaver comes in. This website will take any URL you give it and convert it into data that can be stored locally on the iPhone as a bookmarklet. Once iWebSaver converts the site, you just add it as a bookmark. When you hit that link later, it’ll load up for you. iWebSaver even provides a handy bookmarklet that simplifies the process down to just a couple of taps.
I found that bigger, more complex pages, caused Safari to quit when it tried to load the converted, so your best bet is using this on simple pages—I’d recommend using print-ready versions if the site offers them.
Thanks, Dan. I built this app and just wanted to point out that there is an advanced mode available that will allow you to reduce heavy websites to more of a print-ready version automatically by specifying different options. I'm also continually working to identify "problem" domains that carry so much heavyweight overhead that they crash Safari, so that pages within these domains can be automatically lightened when they are requested. Meanwhile, the advanced mode can be used by going to:
http://iWebSaver.com/?mode=advanced
-Josh