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The Mendeley desktop client is a great cross platform way to manage research papers. I really hope Elsevier doesn't screw it up.

tellarin 14y ago
Based on my past experience with Elsevier, I would not be too hopeful. :(
- DigitalSea 14y ago
  I haven't heard of many nice experiences with Elsevier either, here's hoping they don't mess up such a crucially useful tool.
  - freshhawk 14y ago
    Well it will surely still work great for managing Elsevier papers.
    - MrGunn 14y ago
      There will be no favoritism for Elsevier content: http://elsevierconnect.com/elsevier-welcomes-mendeley/ http://elsevierconnect.com/elsevier-welcomes-mendeley/
- MrGunn 14y ago
  Lots of people have had bad experiences, especially this year. I was one of the people leading the charge against them, in fact. However, they were able to convince me that they really do want us for our openness and they want us to bring that to them. I didn't change my mind easily and I wouldn't expect you to either, all you have to do is consider our track record and continue to hold us up to a exactly the same high standards as before.
rsvidal 14y ago
As I've mentioned before, we see this as a great opportunity to focus on our users and provide an ever better tool and overall resource. More resources will mean more features faster and more attention to key projects like our open API (which will see more attention!)
SkyMarshal 14y ago
Is Zotero [1] a competitor in that space? If so, any idea how they compare? [1]: http://www.zotero.org/ http://www.zotero.org/
- dmicah 14y ago
  Zotero has a desktop app in addition to their original Firefox extension. Personally, I've been very happy with it. I have my articles stored in JungleDisk, and everything syncs between mac laptop, windows desktop, and ipad (with ZotPad on the ipad).
- jamesjporter 14y ago
  I've used both and found Zotero to be miles better.
- rsvidal 14y ago
  There are plenty of reference management tools. Papers, RefWorks, Endnote, JabRef, Zotero, colwiz, readcube, and more. Here's a comparison table at wikipedia (probably not super up-to-date but worth taking a look): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_reference_management_software http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_reference_managem...

tellarin 14y ago

Based on my past experience with Elsevier, I would not be too hopeful. :(

DigitalSea 14y ago
I haven't heard of many nice experiences with Elsevier either, here's hoping they don't mess up such a crucially useful tool.
- freshhawk 14y ago
  Well it will surely still work great for managing Elsevier papers.
  - MrGunn 14y ago
    There will be no favoritism for Elsevier content: http://elsevierconnect.com/elsevier-welcomes-mendeley/ http://elsevierconnect.com/elsevier-welcomes-mendeley/
MrGunn 14y ago
Lots of people have had bad experiences, especially this year. I was one of the people leading the charge against them, in fact. However, they were able to convince me that they really do want us for our openness and they want us to bring that to them. I didn't change my mind easily and I wouldn't expect you to either, all you have to do is consider our track record and continue to hold us up to a exactly the same high standards as before.

rsvidal 14y ago

As I've mentioned before, we see this as a great opportunity to focus on our users and provide an ever better tool and overall resource. More resources will mean more features faster and more attention to key projects like our open API (which will see more attention!)

SkyMarshal 14y ago

Is Zotero [1] a competitor in that space? If so, any idea how they compare? [1]: http://www.zotero.org/ http://www.zotero.org/

dmicah 14y ago
Zotero has a desktop app in addition to their original Firefox extension. Personally, I've been very happy with it. I have my articles stored in JungleDisk, and everything syncs between mac laptop, windows desktop, and ipad (with ZotPad on the ipad).
jamesjporter 14y ago
I've used both and found Zotero to be miles better.
rsvidal 14y ago
There are plenty of reference management tools. Papers, RefWorks, Endnote, JabRef, Zotero, colwiz, readcube, and more. Here's a comparison table at wikipedia (probably not super up-to-date but worth taking a look): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_reference_management_software http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_reference_managem...