Cannot find 'traffic light' screen

Frithhooton

Hello!

I'm a proofreader, and get a number of academic theses to work on. I have been trying to get started with Zotero, and have watched a lot of the online tutorials on the Zotero support page. I seem to have a major problem, however, in that I can't find the screen/view/page that all the experts are talking about.

I have tried with Zotero standalone, and with the web version, and have downloaded the Zotero for Firefox software and the Word plugin (I'm using Windows 10, with Word 2016). When I click the Z icon in the Firefox toolbar I get the screen at the bottom of the page, and have started a library and manually entered a couple of references.

However, I can't find the page with the top ribbon with the 'traffic lights' at the left, so I haven't yet found any of the icons you click to snag a citation. All the online support videos and documents seem to assume that you are starting in that page, and accessing JSTOR, Library catalogues etc from there.

Could someone kindly advise me what I'm doing wrong?

Many thanks, if you are able to help,

Frith

noksagt

I think you might be referring to the window ornaments that are common to Mac OS X. If so, you don't need to worry about the traffic lights. Follow the installation instructions. If you use stand alone, you'll need to install one or more Zotero Connector for your web browser(s). Successful installation will mean that the connector is listed in your browsers list of extensions and will add buttons for Zotero to your browser.

adamsmith

The "traffic lights" are just how any window on a Mac looks. If you just go to, e.g., to an article on JSTOR, you'll see the Save to Zotero icon change. Note that it has moved since those videos were made:
https://www.zotero.org/blog/zotero-4-0-27-streamlined-saving-easier-bibliography-language-selection-and-more/

Frithhooton

Thank you both very much, that has been extremely helpful. At last I've bagged a citation! Onward and upward.
Very best wishes,
Frith