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I really like the way Mendeley handles notes, specifically highlighting / annotating PDFs. Do you know of any alternatives that include this? I was planning on

by hemmer 13y ago

I really like the way Mendeley handles notes, specifically highlighting / annotating PDFs. Do you know of any alternatives that include this? I was planning on writing my own at some point but it might be a bit ambitious.

snowwindwaves 13y ago
check out quicka (spelled qiqqa) http://www.qiqqa.com http://www.qiqqa.com I chose it a few months ago over mendeley because it allowed me to search in the PDF annotations, which isn't possible with mendeley. I recall mendeley could search notes added to a PDF file (one text area for the whole file), but not within sticky notes attached to specific pages, so it was impossible to search the annotations I made and also have those annotations appear on the relevant part of the PDF. The other thing I like about qiqqa is that it allows us to have a shared library on our local server, instead of having to send all our data to the cloud. Both are great desktop tools for full text search across many PDF files, even those that need OCR. Before I was using google desktop for this function, and qiqqa is definitely a step up.
- hemmer 13y ago
  This looks great, however Windows only is a bit of a deal breaker. Definitely going to keep my eye on it though.
drewfrank 13y ago
Keep an eye on http://hypothes.is http://hypothes.is. I think they plan to support private annotations, and handle PDFs through pdf.js. It doesn't have an offline document management component, but it could be used as the annotation component in a larger system.
jessriedel 13y ago
I spent some time a few months back researching ways to have electronic PDFs which I could annotate and keep on my tablet. Mendeley was far and away the best. Here's hoping someone else figures this out.
SkyMarshal 13y ago
You could also submit a feature request to Zotero: https://forums.zotero.org/7/ https://forums.zotero.org/7/ Or build it yourself if so inclined/able: http://www.zotero.org/support/dev/sample_plugin http://www.zotero.org/support/dev/sample_plugin http://www.zotero.org/support/dev/svn_and_trac_access http://www.zotero.org/support/dev/svn_and_trac_access

by hemmer 13y ago

snowwindwaves 13y ago

check out quicka (spelled qiqqa) http://www.qiqqa.com http://www.qiqqa.com I chose it a few months ago over mendeley because it allowed me to search in the PDF annotations, which isn't possible with mendeley. I recall mendeley could search notes added to a PDF file (one text area for the whole file), but not within sticky notes attached to specific pages, so it was impossible to search the annotations I made and also have those annotations appear on the relevant part of the PDF. The other thing I like about qiqqa is that it allows us to have a shared library on our local server, instead of having to send all our data to the cloud. Both are great desktop tools for full text search across many PDF files, even those that need OCR. Before I was using google desktop for this function, and qiqqa is definitely a step up.

hemmer 13y ago
This looks great, however Windows only is a bit of a deal breaker. Definitely going to keep my eye on it though.

drewfrank 13y ago

Keep an eye on http://hypothes.is http://hypothes.is. I think they plan to support private annotations, and handle PDFs through pdf.js. It doesn't have an offline document management component, but it could be used as the annotation component in a larger system.

jessriedel 13y ago

I spent some time a few months back researching ways to have electronic PDFs which I could annotate and keep on my tablet. Mendeley was far and away the best. Here's hoping someone else figures this out.

SkyMarshal 13y ago

You could also submit a feature request to Zotero: https://forums.zotero.org/7/ https://forums.zotero.org/7/ Or build it yourself if so inclined/able: http://www.zotero.org/support/dev/sample_plugin http://www.zotero.org/support/dev/sample_plugin http://www.zotero.org/support/dev/svn_and_trac_access http://www.zotero.org/support/dev/svn_and_trac_access