Looking up a book with no browser open

max1836
With no browser open, I tried looking up a book. I get the book, but the Firefox browser does not have the website address. The reload button is also disabled.

If I search for the book again, then both tabs get book address, and both tabs ahve the reload button enabled. Same thing happens if I lookup book "A" then book "B".

If the browser is open, then the first book search will work.

Firefox is 21.0
Zotero Standalone 4.0.8
  • aurimas
    With no browser open, I tried looking up a book
    Do you mean you're using the green right arrow that says Locate?
  • max1836
    No, sorry.

    I left click on book item, then select "View Online" where I have a web address specified for the book.
  • max1836
    I get the same result with looking with an article with DOI number.

    I selected paper, then clicked on "DOI" for that Item to look it up. I then put Zotero window back on top and took a screen shot. You can't see mouse pointer, but notice that "Lookup" popup is there.

    Note that "reload" is disabled on browser and there is no web address.

    See:
    http://s564.photobucket.com/user/herb1836/media/zotero_3.jpg.html
  • max1836
    How many bug reports before I get a gold star?
  • dstillman
    I can't reproduce this, but it doesn't look like our bug in any case. We just send the URL to the OS from Standalone. We don't have anything to do with the browser that opens them.
  • max1836
    Weird that you don't see it. Thanks for trying...
  • max1836
    Windows/XP & Firefox.

    Saved a weblink to my desktop. Closed browser. Clicked on weblink. Same weird behavior. I noticed that if I open another tab, the webpage which first opened is OK.

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    Dan,

    You're absolutely right. It isn't something that Zotero is doing wrong. I'll try resetting my default browser to Chrome and see if I get same odd behavior. Thanks, very much for checking.
  • max1836
    Dan,

    Made Chrome my default browser. It work fine with my saved weblink and with Zotero. Definitely something odd in my copy of Firefox. I had been doing website building so I have a zillion things loaded in Firefox.

    Thanks again for you checking on this,
    Max

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