Firefox connector disabled
Firefox just disabled my Zotero connector because "it could not be verified." This is a new development from Mozilla. Is there a connector revision that will soon be available? I'm currently running 5.0.66. I tried downloading "Firefox Connector" but got the message that the file was corrupt. ??
Karl Hunt
Karl Hunt
Zotero Connection could not be verified for use in Firefox and has been disabled.
https://twitter.com/mozamo/status/1124484255159971840
In the meantime you can save to Zotero via the Zotero Connector in another browser, download a PDF directly and let Zotero try to retrieve metadata, use Add Item by Identifier, or use https://www.zotero.org/save to save to your online library and sync.
From TechCrunch
...the sudden failure is due to a code signing certificate built into the browser that expired just after 5 PM (or midnight on May 4th in UTC time)....
Because the glitch stems from an underlying certificate, re-installing extensions won’t work — if you try, you’ll likely just be met with a different error message. Getting extensions back for everyone is going to require Mozilla to issue a patch....
Other sites report that Mozilla expects to issue the update within a very few hours.
This page helped me to find the right settings: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-ons-disabled-or-fail-to-install-firefox
Very happy to be able to use Zotero with Firebox again!
@Zotero team: Thanks for your great work!
https://twitter.com/mozamo/status/1125146829660786688