Switching from Zotero plugin to Zotero standalone
I am having trouble with firefox recently. Either the webpages load very slowly or it crashes randomly. It keeps saying firefox is slow to start. I believe this may be due to the Zotero plugin.
How difficult will it be to switch to the zotero standalone? As that way I could use Chrome rather than firefox. My zotero library is huge. Will it have trouble syncing or transferring over? Any other issues I should be aware of prior to switching over?
How difficult will it be to switch to the zotero standalone? As that way I could use Chrome rather than firefox. My zotero library is huge. Will it have trouble syncing or transferring over? Any other issues I should be aware of prior to switching over?
Installing Standalone by default just shares the same data directory as the already installed Zotero Firefox add-on, so it will work right away and there is no syncing/transferring over etc.
Moreover, you can keep both versions installed in case you don't like the experience in Standalone.
That said, Zotero does not slowdown Firefox. While a huge database may slowdown Zotero proper and doing things in Zotero may freeze Firefox temporarily, normal browser operations such as loading a page are not affected by Zotero to any relevant degree, regardless of the size of the database.
In that case (but only if you're sure the answer to these questions is yes) see https://www.zotero.org/support/kb/sharing_data_directory