Various snapshotting problems

kalmdown · October 6, 2007

Here are some screen captures of some popular sites. The results are unusable. Go to the site, go to an article, capture or try to capture (some sites don't even capture)

www.forbes.com
http://screencast.com/t/bRfvo2nnXa4

www.informationweek.com
Article I tested on (all have the problem):
http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=202300101
Fails due to script error: A script on this page may be busy... Canceling and trying again gives message to restart Firefox.

Also has a problem with sites which force you to click past a full screen ad (click to skip this ad) before showing the article. Zotrero captured the ad instead of the article. I can't figure out which site it was though...

erazlogo · October 6, 2007

kalmdown--go to print version for each article, then save the snapshot. the problem is the flash ads. print versions of articles usually only have one ad on top and their snapshots are easier to read. FAQ added.

i would suggest that whenever possible, zotero translators try to save the print version of the article, and try to have the zotero "save" icon appear on the "print" version of the article as well as the public version (the latter may help get around the problem of the full screen ads).