Why does my Zotero look different to the youtube demos?

SarahJoyLeitch

I've just realised that my Zotero looks completely different to the youtube demo videos and the picture of it on the home page. I'm using a chromebook - is that why? There are a ton of features missing and the chromebook often doesn't pick up that it is open and I have to enter data manually. Will this change when I get a Mac?

aborel

Most likely the authors of these videos haven't updated them to reflect the changes in newer Zotero versions.
If you explain in more details what isn't working for you (ideally following these guidelines https://www.zotero.org/support/reporting_problems ), someone will probably be happy to assist you.

dstillman

@SarahJoyLeitch: I'd guess that you're just using the website? When people talk about "Zotero", they're almost always referring to the program you run on your computer. It would take some extra steps to run that on a Chromebook (and is only possible on some Chromebooks):

https://www.zotero.org/support/kb/installing_on_a_chromebook

But yes, on a Mac it would look exactly like it looks on the homepage.