downloading PDFs from a browser window
If I am viewing a pdf in my browser window (this website http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1987/1015/report.pdf for example), what is the quickest way of getting the file into my zotero library?
Currently, I save the pdf file to my desktop and then "drag and drop" the file into the zotero library. This is several clicks and twice that I have to wait for the file to transfer between drives. I think there is also a method using the chrome file download but this is more than one click and waiting for one file transfer.
Ideally there would be a similar button to the one click "save to zotero" from a journal website for pdf files.
I currently use windows 7 with zotero 4.0.17 and chrome 32.0.1700.107 m.
Currently, I save the pdf file to my desktop and then "drag and drop" the file into the zotero library. This is several clicks and twice that I have to wait for the file to transfer between drives. I think there is also a method using the chrome file download but this is more than one click and waiting for one file transfer.
Ideally there would be a similar button to the one click "save to zotero" from a journal website for pdf files.
I currently use windows 7 with zotero 4.0.17 and chrome 32.0.1700.107 m.
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There's an equivalent function for saving snapshots in the browser plugins, accessible via right-click on a web page background, but it won't work if a plugin is handling the content, so it's not possible to use it to save PDFs.
At some point there'll be a more visible way of triggering the web page item/snapshot function in Chrome and Safari — possibly an additional toolbar button — and when that happens the same method for saving viewed PDFs will be possible.