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by dstillman 7y ago
> Software preferences having a privacy section is a thing. Firefox, chromium, etc. Yes, and Firefox's Privacy & Security section doesn't cover Firefox Sync, the default search engine, search bar suggestions, the new tab pa
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by dstillman 7y ago
> The real question that I'd find interesting is why the translator/style updates must be "instant". For my use, once a day or once every few hours would probably be more than sufficient. Before Zotero had push-based
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by dstillman 7y ago
Early versions were grant funded, but the project has been fully supported by storage subscriptions — including institutional subscriptions — for years. (Lots of invaluable volunteer work as well, but there's a paid dev team.)
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by dstillman 7y ago
I think it's important to look at these things in the context of the features they're enabling and user expectations. The fact that Zotero is a local, configurable, open-source tool is what gives you complete control over it, but
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by dstillman 7y ago
To clarify, Zotero's storage limit is only for syncing of attached files. You can use Zotero entirely offline if you choose, storing as much as you want, and we also support WebDAV or linked files (which can be in Dropbox, etc.) for sy
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by dstillman 7y ago
Mostly historical. Zotero began as a Firefox extension, with separate Firefox extensions for the word processor plugins, and later added a standalone app that used the same codebase. Since Firefox discontinued support for XUL extensions, th
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by dstillman 7y ago
Ask your colleagues to use the Better BibTeX plugin for Zotero, which includes vastly better support for BibTeX-based workflows. Zotero's built-in BibTeX export is mostly intended as a generic data transfer format to other similar tool
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by dstillman 7y ago
(Disclosure: Zotero developer) Criticizing Zotero for privacy, of all things, is a bit bizarre. Zotero is an open-source project from a nonprofit organization with no financial interest in people's research data. It's designed as
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by dstillman 8y ago
> The lack of developers and thus slow pace of improvement [...] we are reliant on one or two volunteers to improve the product I'm not sure why you have that impression. Zotero has amazing, invaluable volunteers, but there's a
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by dstillman 8y ago
Zotero | iOS Developer | Remote | Full-Time Zotero is an open-source research tool that helps people collect, organize, cite, and share their research. It's recommended by most universities and used by millions of students, scholars, s
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by dstillman 8y ago
Zotero | iOS Developer | Remote | Full-Time Zotero is an open-source research tool that helps people collect, organize, cite, and share their research. It's recommended by most universities and used by millions of students, scholars, s
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by dstillman 8y ago
> metadata extraction/automated adding really doesn't work right with my research workflow I'm not sure exactly what you mean, but the primary way of adding items to Zotero is with the Zotero Connector browser extension, w
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by dstillman 8y ago
It doesn't use embedded metadata in the file, which is usually pretty low quality. It looks for various identifiers (DOI, ISBN) in the first few pages that can be used to retrieve high-quality metadata from external services. It also d
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by dstillman 8y ago
In Zotero you just do that in your PDF reader of choice. If you're using syncing, as long as the PDF reader saves annotations back to the original file, Zotero will automatically sync the updated file to other group members. The one do
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by dstillman 8y ago
No need to use Show File. You can just open the PDF from Zotero, annotate, and save.
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by dstillman 8y ago
It's not a usability decision — it's just one feature that hasn't yet been implemented [1]. Updating metadata is more complicated than creating a new item, because you have to deal with the existing metadata somehow. (Mendele
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by dstillman 9y ago
t2 instances work great for many web services with daily load fluctuations if you view them as basically a billing mechanism. AWS originally offered a reserved-instance model where you didn't pay for instances that weren't running
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by dstillman 10y ago
Hi folks. This is something I found myself wanting all the time while reading longer news stories, so I finally turned it into an extension. I made versions for Chrome, Firefox, and Safari, as well as a bookmarklet that works anywhere. (You
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Show HN: A browser extension to remind you who people are in articles you read(danstillman.com)
6 points by dstillman 10y ago|1 comments
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by dstillman 10y ago
Zotero | Backend Developer | Fairfax, VA | REMOTE https://www.zotero.org Zotero is an open-source project that develops software and web services to help people collect, organize, cite, and share their research. Our software is
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by dstillman 10y ago
Zotero | Backend Developer | Fairfax, VA | REMOTE https://www.zotero.org Zotero is an open-source project that develops software and web services to help people collect, organize, cite, and share their research. Our software is
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by dstillman 11y ago
No need to use Developer Edition. The unbranded builds of Release and Beta will have an update mechanism too. They'll be en-US only, though, so if you want a non-English interface, you're out of luck.
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Automated Scanning of Firefox Extensions Is Security Theater(danstillman.com)
41 points by dstillman 11y ago|3 comments
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by dstillman 11y ago
Zotero | Remote | Full-Time Zotero is an open-source project that develops software and web services to help people collect, organize, cite, and share their research. Our software is recommended by universities worldwide and used by student
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by dstillman 11y ago
Zotero | Remote | Full-Time Zotero is an open-source project that develops software and web services to help people collect, organize, cite, and share their research. Our software is recommended by universities worldwide and used by student