Upgrade StorageWrote a plugin that sends optimized articles to e-reader (integrates with Zotero)
Hi,
I'm not sure if this is the right place for announcements but I couldn't find a better way to get in touch. I wrote an open-source Firefox add-on that might be of interest to some folks here since it also adds some functionality to Zotero if both add-ons are installed. I'd appreciate feedback. You can find the add-on at http://dontprint.net and the source code at https://github.com/robamler/dontprint/.
The add-on lets you send scientific articles to your e-reader directly from the article's abstract page. If you have an Amazon Kindle, then the add-on can send the article directly to your device via e-mail. The add-on uses a program called "k2pdfopt" (written by William Menninger) to optimize the layout of articles so that they fit on your e-reader's small screen. If the Zotero add-on is installed, then my add-on adds a button to the Zotero pane that lets you also send optimized versions of PDF attachments from your Zotero library.
Even if Zotero is not installed, my add-on uses internally some code from Zotero (mainly the translator framework). To the best of my knowledge I am complying with the AGPL licence. I also gave credit to Zotero on the add-on's website. If any Zotero staffers feel uncomfortable with the way Zotero is mentioned on the website, please let me know (preferably without any lawyers).
I'm looking forward to your suggestions for improvements.
Happy reading
Robert
PS: I'm not earning any money with this add-on. This project was more about playing around with some cool open source code and making something new out of it.
I'm not sure if this is the right place for announcements but I couldn't find a better way to get in touch. I wrote an open-source Firefox add-on that might be of interest to some folks here since it also adds some functionality to Zotero if both add-ons are installed. I'd appreciate feedback. You can find the add-on at http://dontprint.net and the source code at https://github.com/robamler/dontprint/.
The add-on lets you send scientific articles to your e-reader directly from the article's abstract page. If you have an Amazon Kindle, then the add-on can send the article directly to your device via e-mail. The add-on uses a program called "k2pdfopt" (written by William Menninger) to optimize the layout of articles so that they fit on your e-reader's small screen. If the Zotero add-on is installed, then my add-on adds a button to the Zotero pane that lets you also send optimized versions of PDF attachments from your Zotero library.
Even if Zotero is not installed, my add-on uses internally some code from Zotero (mainly the translator framework). To the best of my knowledge I am complying with the AGPL licence. I also gave credit to Zotero on the add-on's website. If any Zotero staffers feel uncomfortable with the way Zotero is mentioned on the website, please let me know (preferably without any lawyers).
I'm looking forward to your suggestions for improvements.
Happy reading
Robert
PS: I'm not earning any money with this add-on. This project was more about playing around with some cool open source code and making something new out of it.
https://www.zotero.org/support/plugins
Otherwise, I'll do it eventually once I've had some time to play with this.
edit: and Zotero folks most certainly won't go after open source developers using Zotero code, with or without lawyers. The only case where I'm aware of any (non-lawyered) objections being voiced was for the use of the (trademarked) Zotero name in a product.
Glad to hear that I'm not heading toward any legal trouble :-)
Here's to no longer squinting at my kindle trying to read A4-pdfs!
P.S.: love the button to send from Zotero in particular - now if we could have a plugin that works in Zotero standalone which does that... ?