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not op.. I used to use zotero for exactly that, about 3 computers ago. Sitting here thinking, why am I not using it now. I guess it's just easier to not instal

not op.. I used to use zotero for exactly that, about 3 computers ago. Sitting here thinking, why am I not using it now. I guess it's just easier to not install an extension and right-click, save page as.. and move on with life. I can't remember if zotero was that simple - it may have been. I enjoyed using it back when. I can't recall if there was a good backup/export system with it back then. currently it's easy for me to have docs/webpagesaved auto backed up to an external drive, which gets me through. I may revisit zotero as I liked the idea behind it and the extra category / sorting stuff that was available / optional. I think I went through a phase where ffx really bogged down with lots of open tabs (20 versions ago maybe?) then I tried disabling extensions, auto-sleeping-tabs-extension, stuff like that .. and soured on some extensions no longer working with newer ffx, and some concern about spyware and such, and never went back to all the addons / personalizations once enjoyed back in the day..

cratermoon 5y ago
There's an extension for Zotero that allows you to just click and save. What Zotero does in addition to creating a snapshot of the page is generating a reference entry in the user's Zotero library. If you have a good way to catalog and search all the web pages you've saved, then maybe Zotero doesn't gain you all that much. Personally, I find the search capabilities in the app sufficient. You can also export your Zotero DB to any number of formats and throw it into your favorite search tool. I export as bibtex and use pandoc to weave references into my writing. The academic uses of Zotero lean heavily on the metadata schema is uses, which is tailored for research and publishing. Things like DOI, ISSN, metadata about the publication, etc, might not be terribly useful for anyone outside academia.

cratermoon 5y ago

There's an extension for Zotero that allows you to just click and save. What Zotero does in addition to creating a snapshot of the page is generating a reference entry in the user's Zotero library. If you have a good way to catalog and search all the web pages you've saved, then maybe Zotero doesn't gain you all that much. Personally, I find the search capabilities in the app sufficient. You can also export your Zotero DB to any number of formats and throw it into your favorite search tool. I export as bibtex and use pandoc to weave references into my writing. The academic uses of Zotero lean heavily on the metadata schema is uses, which is tailored for research and publishing. Things like DOI, ISSN, metadata about the publication, etc, might not be terribly useful for anyone outside academia.