Warning when pdf wasn't saved when adding an article?

mixedmix
Due to increasing amount of script blockers, on some article websties (notably Elsevier), I will have access to an article, but when I add it, it will give me a red cross and information that pdf was not accessible. It takes a few second to confirm if I got the pdf, so often I'm better off saving pdfs and importing in batches (risking, that sometimes I'll have to add metadata by hand).

Without some sort of feedback that pdf wasn't saved, I can end up without the actual file that I wanted to download in the first place.

Anyone has some insight if there is some setting I'm missing?
  • dstillman
    I mean, the warning is the red X. I'm not sure exactly what else you're looking for?

    But we're working to change how Zotero saves PDFs to avoid these problems on ScienceDirect and other sites with anti-bot protections.
  • mixedmix
    Thanks for quick response @dstillmann!

    The red cross will only be visible If I expand the saving the box, and wait for a bit. After a while if pdf saved correctly it will change from greyed-out text, to black - but not always! Sometimes the pdf name stays grey even though it saves correctly.

    Having a popup notification would be very useful (not on default though, it would drive people crazy, as not everyone saves pdfs...), but maybe a bit difficult to implement with browsers.

    Alternatively, having an automatic tag if the resource had a pdf that failed to save would be welcome.

    An easy improvement I can see is to show a green tick if saving was sucessfull so it is clear when you're all clear and can move to the next article.

    Best,
    M
  • dstillman
    The red cross will only be visible If I expand the saving the box
    It sounds like you're misremembering this. The whole point of the save popup is to show what's being saved. You don't need to expand anything to show that — expanding is only if you want to choose what collection to save to or what tags to add.
  • mixedmix
    You're right! Apologies, I guess I'm compulsively expanding this box most of times.
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