> Yes, working offline is important... for me at last. It's 
> nice to be able to kill some time harvesting while e.g. on a 
> train. or in the evening in the park... on the other hand, 
> downloading takes some time and it might be nice for some 
> people to have a more lightwight view on the archive... but 
> this might be not so important.
>

Thanks for the feedback, Marcus!  I'd like to speed up the downloading
process.