Now available: Zotero 5.0
Zotero 5.0 is now available for download! See the 5.0 blog post for more details.
If you use Zotero for Firefox, note that Zotero 5.0 runs only as a standalone application, which you'll need to install to access your library locally going forward.
Finally, we've recently made some improvements to the Zotero Connectors for Chrome and Safari to go along with Zotero 5.0.
If you use Zotero for Firefox, note that Zotero 5.0 runs only as a standalone application, which you'll need to install to access your library locally going forward.
Finally, we've recently made some improvements to the Zotero Connectors for Chrome and Safari to go along with Zotero 5.0.
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My Beta 5 installation updated to 5.0.2-beta.2. I want to go to the stable release. Do I have to reinstall?
@lreyesrojas https://www.zotero.org/support/quick_start_guide#how_do_i_install_it
Technically you could have two different connectors pointing at different local ports, though. It's already configurable in Zotero, and we can make it configurable in the connector. I've created an issue for that.
Word processor integration is trickier, but that wouldn't have worked with Firefox before either.
Thew worse part is that apparently Zotero 4 is not available anymore, and it isn't possible to revert back to the working version of Zotero.
This is really horrible. Does anyone know where I can get my hands in zotero 4.0?
You'll find the title "looking for Zotero 4.0?" title in that page.
Thanks for the help.
https://packages.debian.org/jessie/firefox-esr
I have 3 issues with the new version. One is out of your hands, which is that the Zotfile extension is not (yet) compatible. I rely on that heavily. The other two, both of which have to do with managing screen real estate:
1) I used to be able to hide group libraries and now can't (I can minimize them but not hide them);
2) My tag list on the left shows up as a larger font, so I can't view them all on one screen anymore, forcing me to scroll. And I don't see any option to change the tag font size (the font size options do not affect the tags).
OTOH I see (at least) one improvement re. real estate, which is that Zotero now remembers how I sized the various windows.
I used to be able to access my library and see the content of a given file with just one window open. This is no longer possible. So now I must have one window for Zotero Standalone plus another window to see the content of the files. When I’m using two screens that is OK, but with just one screen you just turned a very practical application, into a less practical one.
Will it be possible in a 5.1 version to be able to access the library directly from Firefox?
On the one versus two window work flow, you can reduce the Zotero window size to look like the horizontal bar at the bottom of a Firefox tab. And open your other application and let it sit on top of the Zotero window. Yes, it is still two windows, but you don't have to switch between them. Zotero remembers its window size and location, so when you open it next time, it will look exactly the way you set it last time. Not perfect, but workable.