I like to save copies of articles from websites locally. I do this because often

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I like to save copies of articles from websites locally. I do this because often links will change around or a website will disappear entirely from time to time. Also, I don't want to "bookmark" the article because it will bloat the omnibox search results in Chrome.

I was using Delicious (about 5+ years ago) but the dynamics of link sharing has largely moved onto Facebook and Twitter. Delicious always seemed to be better suited to websites over articles anyway. I moved onto Evernote, and it's web clipper isn't too bad.

Evernote Web Clipper will work but was wondering if anyone had suggestions. I am currently in the process of demoing OneNote, so I have temporarily moved all my notes there (somewhat painstakingly, I might add!). I'm actually starting to like OneNote better than Evernote. The problem with OneNote is that it's web clipper only seems to be compatible with Internet Explorer.

I also use Pocket, but I am using that exclusively as a read-it-later list. I'm not really sure the best way to use Pocket to save articles

Here are my requirements:

Windows Support (I use Windows 7 x64)
De-crapify webpages before saving them -- I just want the article and relevant images (none of the website's formatting or Ads, but keeping any relevant diagrams, pictures, and layout.
Save the link to the article and date
Saves the article to it's own storage (not just a reference or link). Doesn't have to sync locally, but it would be preferred.
Minimal levels of organization so I can search the articles and browse a list of them

In reality - this is a question of "too many options" and not "too few" or "unknown". I'd like to hear community feedback on what is the best option, not the available options.

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this is a question of "too many options" and not "too few" or "unknown".

Yes, there are numerous ways to achieve the above. I'm a Web Developer, as you said that website URLs change, but they don't change often as you think. Websites which maintain some standards always take care of the modified URLs by using 301 Redirect.

So I don't think that's much of an issue, but well, this was technical, coming to question, first, as you said that The problem with OneNote is that it's web clipper only seems to be compatible with Internet Explorer., but you always have extensions to work with.

If you want to use Clip feature, refer

Clip to OneNote (Mozilla Firefox Extension to Clip)
Clip to OneNote [1] (Chrome Extension to Clip)

[1] Most of the reviewers are complaining here that the extension doesn't work, it's because they never read the details before using the extension. You need to download Clip to OneNote listener in order to get the extension to work.

Personally I use Adobe Acrobat extension for Mozilla Firefox, but it comes along with the software, and I don't really need much of the customization, as the web page is converted to PDF, that's all I need, but if you are looking to convert the articles or text to pdf, than you should take a look at Print pages to PDF extension for Firefox, so no real software for managing articles as this question is focused on Saving Web Pages/Articles.

What does it do?
(First lets cover your requirements)

Windows Support (I use Windows 7 x64) - Yes
De-crapify webpages before saving them -- I just want the article - Yes [2]
Save the link to the article and date - Yes
Saves the article to it's own storage (not just a reference or link). Yes

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