Google Scholar broken with Iceweasel?

lakmiseiru
I'm using the latest version of Zotero (2.0.9, with the latest translators) with the latest version of Debian Iceweasel (3.5.15 - 3.6 hasn't propagated to Iceweasel yet). The folder icon in the address bar for Google Scholar displays, but clicking it gives the "Could Not Save Item" error. Other pages (for example, JSTOR) work fine. I worked through the troubleshooting steps described, but none of them solved the issue; third-party cookies are enabled, and the site is using the Google Scholar translator.

Here's a JSTOR site that works: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2409177

and a Google Scholar page that doesn't work: http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=mimulus&hl=en

The Report ID I generated is: 1096516988. Apologies for a similar one submitted earlier; the Preview Post link wiped my post and I've failed to save the ID. The report itself reads:

[JavaScript Error: "translator called select items with no items" {file: "file:///home/kbyers/.mozilla/firefox/75aa9l9u.default/zotero/translators/Google%20Scholar.js" line: 0}]

I do have NoScript installed, but scripts are enabled for the Google Scholar page, and allowing scripts globally didn't help the problem.

Am I doing something wrong here? Thanks!
  • ajlyon
    See http://forums.zotero.org/discussion/15216/check-known-translator-issues/#Comment_75723
  • lakmiseiru
    Apologies for the extra comment. As others have mentioned, other sites with folder icons aren't working either. Example at Amazon (again, correctly using the Amazon translator):

    http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=floral+scent&x=0&y=0
  • ajlyon
    And for Amazon, see my comment at the end of that thread. Both are fixed -- install as described there and they should start working again.
  • lakmiseiru
    I installed both of those (moved the old files and replaced them with the new ones from github) and the issue is resolved for Amazon but not for Google Scholar. Thanks for the Amazon fix! Not sure what's going on with Google Scholar.
  • lakmiseiru
    Got it; need to enable BibTeX links in the Scholar Preferences, which I hadn't previously been doing. Apologies for bothering you! Thanks for the help.
  • ajlyon
    Hmm. You shouldn't need to enable BibTeX links to make Google Scholar work; that would fix it even without the patch.
  • lakmiseiru
    Interesting. I'd seen that mentioned on the other forum, and it does seem to fix it. Is there additional information I can give you that would help?
  • lakmiseiru
    On rereading your comment above, enabling the BibTeX links actually fixes the problem with *or* without the patch. Strange - perhaps something I as an end user should have known to do earlier... regardless, thanks for the help.
  • ajlyon
    No, you didn't need to know that. Zotero is all about magic-- we try to make it do the right thing without you having to think about it. I believe that the magic works again in the most recent version of the translator, posted in the other thread. I'd appreciate it if you could try it out-- install the patched translator, set your preference to RefMan, and see if it works.
  • lakmiseiru
    Works for me - if I set my preference to showing RefMan or showing nothing, as soon as I click on the folder icon in the address bar it (a) works and (b) has changed my preference to showing BibTeX. Thanks!

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