You could hit the page via Tor to anonymize your access, then use the Save Page As context menu item to save the page.
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Yes, but I would need to enable Javascript, Ultimateguitar.com completely blocks access if Javascript is disabled. Thank you for the tip though! I did not know of that feature.
There is no way to anonymously access a website that requires Javascript.
Javascript is code that runs on your computer.
How is it going to get there without your IP address?
JavaScript is often used in modern websites to actually render content, as-in, generate what you see on the page. Blocking access is possible if you don't have JavaScript enabled, but it's rare. More likely it's just not showing content because it's not there.
Disabling JavaScript in and of itself is not something I understand as a viable way to interact with the internet.
You are better off anonymizing your browser. You can do this by launching separate instances without any profile in incognito mode and only use it on one site before closing it down.
You can also automatically "crawl" websites using tools like headess Chrome and Puppeteer. No doubt there are websites that will do this for you, for a fee.
Ultimately, JavaScript is a programming language, nothing more, nothing less.
Why don’t you want to visit ultimate guitar? Has it changed in the last ten years since I’ve used in last? It used to be great
So, my information may be outdated, but a given webpage is made up of:
- HTML - basic structure and content
- CSS - how it looks
- Scripting - interactive elements
You could probably fetch the basic parts of the page with wget or curl or something like that. But depending on how the media is obtained, you would likely have issues fetching the audio
I want to use it, but it requires Javascript in order to view the webpage. I'm wondering if there's a utility that would allow me to download the webpage over Tor, with all the sites functions (audio, elements, etc.)
Wget could work, I'll give it a try soon. Thank you! (I don't necessarily need the audio, but it would be nice to have)
JavaScript would be required if any of the media elements require AJAX to work (like the audio).
I don’t believe wget would do what you want
Just edited my comment. It's not a necessity for me, but would be nice to have. Thanks for the info!
I think Startpage had some feature like "Anonymous Web Page View"
check out Kiwix and Zims. they also have tools to automatically download sites for offline use. anonymous? no. but you can share .zim files without being connected to the internet