Zotero freezes on sync when laptop is offline
When doing research in an archive I usually enter long notes when my laptop is offline. This is normal for archival research. With automatic sync turned on, Z tries to sync every few seconds and freezes up for several seconds each time. This makes notes entry next to impossible. Turning off automatic sync in preferences obviously solves the problem but I remember that manual sync is not recommended and it also increases chances of losing data if I forget to sync manually after a research session. Would it be possible for Z to check if the laptop is offline before trying to sync, to get rid of constant freezing?
There shouldn't be a freeze, though, unless this is a pretty old computer. Can you provide a Debug ID for an offline auto-sync attempt that causes a freeze?
Debug ID D571214810 submitted for a freeze that lasted about 20 seconds. Unbearable!
Proposal: If offline/disable network connection cannot be properly detected, a simple right-click toggle option on the sync arrow, "Pause syncing"/ "Resume syncing", à la Dropbox, would give us a way to deal with it. Right now I've just had to stop using Z for note-taking while offline, which is a shame.
(I suspect this was noticeable only for users with very large libraries.)