I also thought this referred to the client (presumably the Firefox add-on). In the browser interface the note is added when you click "Add Note" - but that's pretty self-explanatory.
In the Firefox add-on - what arggem says. Saving is near instantaneous. There were a couple of reports of lost note content related to auto-syncing a while back, but I believe that was fixed. Which Zotero version?
I'm using Zotero 4.0.12 and in particular the web interface plugin for Firefox 24.0. I'm having the same trouble with notes.
Many of my notes are not saving. It is true that the notes automatically save after about 1 second when I stop typing. But then when I resume typing in the same note, it never saves again.
To work around, I copy the note after I'm finished, click somewhere else, click back to my note (where now most of my text is missing), and paste the entire note back in to the note file. That seems to save it all.
Can you provide a Debug ID that demonstrates this happening? Do this with a test note, and be sure to tell us the initial text that saved and the follow-up text that didn't save (since I'll need to look for it in the debug output).
Also, have you checked that the note hasn't actually been updated if you restart Firefox — that is, that this isn't simply a display issue?
I'm afraid it was a temporary problem. Worked 45 minutes that way. Set my work aside, closed all open programs. I came back to the reference work and it has begun to save correctly. If I experience the problem again I'll follow the Debug instructions above.
Upgrade Storage
https://www.zotero.org/support/notes
In the Firefox add-on - what arggem says. Saving is near instantaneous. There were a couple of reports of lost note content related to auto-syncing a while back, but I believe that was fixed. Which Zotero version?
Many of my notes are not saving. It is true that the notes automatically save after about 1 second when I stop typing. But then when I resume typing in the same note, it never saves again.
To work around, I copy the note after I'm finished, click somewhere else, click back to my note (where now most of my text is missing), and paste the entire note back in to the note file. That seems to save it all.
Obviously that workaround shouldn't be necessary, Dan may have follow-up questions, I'm not sure what he'd need for troubleshooting.
Also, have you checked that the note hasn't actually been updated if you restart Firefox — that is, that this isn't simply a display issue?