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Re: Zotero 6

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Post by copperx »

azxd123 wrote: post #115
bluenose69 wrote: post #54

I've been using this in beta for quite a while. The PDF reader is really very good, and I love the fact that my highlights and notes are not added to the actual PDF file. (I don't want to mess up the original PDF file, because I like to keep those files in pristine form so that e.g. I can share them with students.) Some people here are asking about paying for storage for the PDFs. My solution to this is to store my P…

And also, Zotero is not that expensive. And I'll be happy to support such an awesome project.

Isn't Mendeley free? That might explain why Zotero isn't that well known.

Re: Zotero 6

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Post by copperx »

rockmemozart wrote: post #30

The only thing holding me back from using Zotero is that, afaik, you need to use a Zotero account to reliably sync metadata between devices (the Zotero Data Server isn't supported). I wish it was easier to self-host; there's no reason for me to interact with their servers. It's always a disappointment to find otherwise great open source projects that have key components that deny privacy.

Is there a FOSS alternative to Zotero? It seems like the kind of product that could be successfully managed by the bazaar model.

Re: Zotero 6

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Post by copperx »

bsmith89 wrote: post #83

I just tested the PDF reader out for about 5 minutes and I can already say it's substantially better for me on MacOS than any other PDF reader besides Preview. No glitching like Acrobat and the annotations features are more inline with what I want than Preview's are. Very excited about this.

Can it use Preview for a better experience?

Re: Zotero 6

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Post by copperx »

cxr wrote: post #129
hoistbypetard wrote: post #65

Wow. I opened the Linux tarball and had a look around... what a blast from the past. It looks like this is built on XULRunner and friends. I had the impression that platform had slipped into such disrepair that it was no longer practical to ship products based on it. It looks tremendously useful, though. If it had been around when I was in school, I suspect I'd have found it indispensable.

> had the impression that [XULRunner] had slipped into such disrepair that it was no longer practical to ship products based on it It's not! Zotero has a novel build system where instead of using XULRunner, which is no longer available, the build scripts download a release version of Firefox and then replace the browser-specific modules and other assets with Zotero's bundle.

I almost thought you were being serious. I find it hard to detect sarcasm on HN.

Re: Zotero 6

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Post by copperx »

ashton314 wrote: post #119

I’ve been using the better of this for, gosh, must be about two years now. It has been so much fun to use. I read papers and annotate them on my iPad, and it syncs up to my laptop without any problems. I recently considered turning on WebDAV to sync my growing collection of documents, but Zotero has been so useful to my workflow, that I decided to buy some storage from them. I am more than happy to give them a few bu…

What is the better product that you're using?

Re: Zotero 6

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Post by benrbray »

copperx wrote: post #152
rockmemozart wrote: post #30

The only thing holding me back from using Zotero is that, afaik, you need to use a Zotero account to reliably sync metadata between devices (the Zotero Data Server isn't supported). I wish it was easier to self-host; there's no reason for me to interact with their servers. It's always a disappointment to find otherwise great open source projects that have key components that deny privacy.

Is there a FOSS alternative to Zotero? It seems like the kind of product that could be successfully managed by the bazaar model.

Zotero is the open source [1] alternative, to Elsevier's Mendeley.

[1] https://www.zotero.org/support/dev/source_code

Re: Zotero 6

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Post by copperx »

wanderingmind wrote: post #133

As good as zotero is, it reminds me of the horrors of grad school and how countless livelihoods of really smart and intelligent are destroyed every year in the name of science and research, who don't have any employable skills to find a decent job.

Is knowing the ins and outs of Mendeley or EndNote better for employability?

Re: Zotero 6

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Post by copperx »

jart wrote: post #15

I love the name. As soon as I saw this link at the top of HN, the Totoro theme started playing in my head. https://youtu.be/p1KVuFStqEM

I didn't know Zotero was a character in the movie! I'll have to rewatch it.

Re: Zotero 6

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Post by copperx »

btrettel wrote: post #61
hs86 wrote: post #33

How good is Zotero as a bookmark manager similar to Pinboard.in or Raindrop.io? Both have a paid feature that stores a permanent copy of a site, but these are stored only on their servers, and Pinboard's archive download feature never worked for me.

I've used Zotero for over a decade to save webpages. It works fine in my experience, though I'd prefer if Zotero saved all the assets in a single file.

Isn't it easier to just store a link to archive.org?

Re: Zotero 6

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Post by copperx »

criddell wrote: post #18
account-5 wrote: post #6

I love zotero. Amazing software, indispensable. Want an easy way to integrate with pandoc and Zim-Wiki, I'm sure there's a way but I've not found it yet. Either way this software is massively underrated. EDIT What's with the official iOS app and no Android?

> no Android? iOS is probably their most important platform. If there are enough users, I'd guess Android and Mobian apps will be forthcoming.

There might not be a need -- Apple dominates in academia.
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