Offline Zotero freezes Firefox, slows down typing

mmadams · January 29, 2011

Zotero works fine when I'm online. When I'm off-line there are major hiccups while I type in notes. It types very slowly, won't register all of the letters I type, and then after awhile freezes Firefox. Is this a Zotero or a Firefox problem? What can I do to fix it? I don't have internet access in the archives! Thanks for your help.

ajlyon · January 29, 2011

Try disabling automatic syncing -- that's what I do in the archives.

mmadams · January 30, 2011

Good idea. I tried that, but the problem persists.

adamsmith · January 30, 2011

do you have the tag selector on in the left hand panel? If so that might be part of the problem - (solution is to close it).
Otherwise, this could still be an issue unrelated to Zotero - hard to tell.

ajlyon · January 30, 2011

If it happens even with automatic syncing off, then this is very odd behavior.

Also make sure that you are not working within search results from a saved search -- I've seen behavior like this when editing an item from a list of search results.

mmadams · January 31, 2011

I will try that with the tag selector--this could be the solution! Thanks both adamsnith and ajilyon for your help. I appreciate it.

mmadams · February 1, 2011

Looks like turning off the tag selector worked! Thanks again for the help!