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I use zotero and I really want to like it, but it's not that good. The tagging functionality seems like an afterthought, the bibtex support is only reasonable w
by cycomanic 5y ago
I use zotero and I really want to like it, but it's not that good. The tagging functionality seems like an afterthought, the bibtex support is only reasonable with betterbibtex and even with it I have issues. For example journal abbreviations don't work consistently, every start up I get told that the betterbibtex styles have changed and I need to restart zotero... File management is also only bearable with zutilo, and I still get issues with sync and somehow some file locations getting messed up.
The whole note taking experience is also quite soso.
I really wish there was a good bib manager around. I don't want to go into a proprietary silo (ruling out mendeley endnote etc.). Jabref is in many ways better then zotero when one uses bibtex, but unfortunately some parts of the UX are not my thing. The best app I have used was docear, the concept of a Mindmapping app together with a bib manager was great however it is unfortunately not maintened any longer.
- only4here 5y agoI agree that there are definitely better alternatives to Zotero.
- jrochkind1 5y agoplease tell us what you think they are too!
- theteapot 5y ago+1 for Jabref and a bibtex database.
- jll29 5y agoI compared some options in 2005: https://www.coli.uni-saarland.de/projects/irtg/contents/Colloquium/WS-05/barbara1.pdf https://www.coli.uni-saarland.de/projects/irtg/contents/Coll... (Not that much changed, except that CiteULike was sunset.) JabRef is a good option for a simple desktop GUI based program that is cross-platform, but I find myself writing "raw" BibTeX entries in Emacs or Sublime more and more often without any UI tools.
- xtracto 5y agoAaah JabRef, that was my choice 15+ years ago when I was doing my PhD. I think today a combination of portable JabRef and GoogleDrive/DropBox or similar would do the trick.