Online access to attachments
Not sure how difficult this would be, but it could be rather useful for when you're working on a new / mobile device and you just need quick access to one or two papers without being able to or wanting to sync the entire library.
In the online library access, have the attachment links actually download the item, if stored, from the WebDAV or Zotero storage. For WebDAV, you could opt to store the WebDAV login info online with your account info so you don't have to provide login credentials twice.
Does this seem feasible?
In the online library access, have the attachment links actually download the item, if stored, from the WebDAV or Zotero storage. For WebDAV, you could opt to store the WebDAV login info online with your account info so you don't have to provide login credentials twice.
Does this seem feasible?
I don't know specifics on how WebDAV or Zotero's storage systems works, or the necessary security considerations, but how much work might it be to allow Zotero's file storage system to link to alternate locations (e.g., my web server space) that can be access by http or ftp?
I'm happy to support the Zotero team financially, but I'd still advocate a more flexible storage solution that allows online access.
The easiest-- What about the ability to specify an http location of one's Zotero library, even if, for now, Zotero doesn't manage the sync to said location?
Down the road, it might be better to allow (or require?) it to be a password-protected (i.e. via htaccess) location.
And while we're looking down the road, what about giving an ftp account for library storage? Of course that requires Zotero to handle ftp, which may require considerably more programming; but it would be a very flexible option to Zotero users. It's easy enough to set up an ftp account with many web storage servers that can create a set of login credentials that only has specific access.
Of course, with or without these features, I really do appreciate the hard work of the Zotero developers!