Feature Request: Stand Alone Zotero

sabzevari

I am a very fan of Zotero, but it's a couple of months that I stopped using it. Because newer versions of Firefox are really CPU and memory consuming and I prefer using Google Chrome or even IE. So, in my opinion it's vital for Zotero to release a standalone version as soon as possible.

adamsmith

you've seen this, right?
www.zotero.org/blog/zoteros-next-big-step/

sabzevari

Thank you for pointing out the news about Zotero Everywhere. It's great!! I hope to have it very soon.

matt_price

Hi, Just wondering if there's any kind of a timeline for a beta release or some such. I'm asking because I'd like to urn a workshop or two to get my colleagues to switch over to zotero, but a standalone product will be much easier to sell than a browser plugin -- if zotero everywhere is going to come long in just a few months I'd as soon wait. Thanks much!
matt

polar

Hello,

until the everywhere-version is finished for production I like the idea using the second firefox-profile proposed by krueschan.

But I was wondering, if it's possible to use zotero the same time also from the default-profile. At the moment I get an error with information that zotero couldn't start in one of the profiles if the other is running in zotero is installed.

The Advantage: you have one clean zotero-profile with no other extensions (e.g. noscript which still doesn't work with zotero) but can also access zotero from the default profile - to add literatur quickly while browsing.

I'll try if the pref. extensions.zotero.dbLockExclusive (in about:config) is responsible for this. But I'm afraid that database could get inconsistent when accessing from two locations?

Any hints?

cheers

polar

i just tried with an backup.
but: it doesn't work at all. In the profile I started second, I got "Database upgrade error". Each profile for itself works.

noksagt

You can't access sqlite databases (which zotero uses) simultaneously (and it can be dangerous to try).

dstillman

Disabling that pref is an excellent way to corrupt your database.

polar

Thanks for answers. That was what I thougt. Ok - so this workaround for having a "standalone" zotero is very limited - as far as there is no connection from any other firefox-profile. So waiting for the standalone-version ;-)