Maxthon 4 and Zotero

Hi there,


I'm wondering whether there are any plans for developping a Maxthon extension to work with Zotero Standalone. Currently this is my main browser and I've got many habits with it, but I have to switch to Firefox (which is heavier) every time I have to supplement my library, which can be cumbersome due to the fact that several things are different during navigation (shortcuts, behavior, etc.).

This browser has deeply evolved since the earlier (old) versions, as it no longer uses an outdated Trident engine, but now supports Webkit by default, but is still capable of using Trident in tabs of the same window for old websites. Actually it is now very responsive, stable, has convenient features for people like us wanting to take notes or build PDF libraries (split window in two halves each with its own tabs, read mode, advanced bookmark management, cloud synchronization among different devices, etc.), and has won awards in the dedicated press (CNET, PCWorld). The Mac version (which I don't use) supports Chrome extensions, perhaps Zotero would already work with that Mac version.

Would it be feasible/easy to port one of the existing versions of Zotero (not the full add-on, let's say just the connector complementary to the standalone, at first)? Are there any plans for it? Given the features and qualities of this browser, and active development, its popularity will likely increase in the near future.
  • Have you tried using Zotero Bookmarklet with it?http://www.zotero.org/downloadbookmarklet
  • Beyond the bookmarklet, given that Maxthon is - at this time - a niche product for which the lack of add-ons/extensions is a major drawback, I'd expect them to enable Chrome extensions on their Windows version as well. That's what Opera has done and Zotero now does have official Opera support via connector.
  • You almost made my day and I've had really high hopes when I saw your answer! Unfortunately the bookmarklet successfully adds the reference and the corresponding PDF file to my cloud library, but when I synchronized with my local library (the one I actually use), I realized the reference had not been added to the right sublibrary (selected in Zotero standalone when I clicked on the bookmarklet) as it does with the connector in other browsers. In addition, Zotfile was unable to rename and move the downloaded PDF file, because the synchronization process does not add the PDF to the directory monitored by Zotfile.
  • if you have Standalone open while using the bookmarklet, it should save to Standalone.
  • Unfortunately that is not what I observed on this try. I'll try to use the bookmarklet with officially supported browsers to try to isolate the issue and see if it results from the bookmarklet not fully working with Maxthon. Stay tuned.
  • edited October 25, 2013
    Well, just tried again with Chromium and I confirm the same behavior. It even displayed a prompt so that I could log in my Zotero account, because I had no Zotero cookie with that browser.

    I don't know if I'm doing something wrong. I just have the standalone open on the sub-library I want to supplement, and I click on the bookmarklet when I'm on the page of the reference, where the regular Zotero icon (in the address bar) would be displayed if there was a connector extension installed.
  • which OS exactly?
  • edited October 25, 2013
    Windows 8.1 Enterprise Preview, version 9431. I'm running x64. The Zotero standalone is up to date (4.0.11).

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