It has never worked for me either. I am on Linux Ubuntu 10.10 and obviously I dont use Firefox since the tread is for Standalone Alpha. I just get a waiting icon...
...the error ID is: 352219742. It refers to 'no translator in use in Chromium', which was up and running and it has a working connector.
Zotero itself will probably not issue a .deb, but there is talk within the debian community to compile and add Z standalone (and then, presumably, add it to the repositories). Regardless of this, I'd expect standalone to have an update reminder like most comparable software in the final version.
I have the same problem, but now with Zotero 3.0 beta in Windows 7.
When I try to add an ISBN in Zotero for firefox, it just sits there and doesn't do anything when I hit enter. When I try to add one in Z standalone, it brings up a message complaining "Zotero could not find a record for the specified identifier. Please verify the identifier and try again."
I've tried a few different ISBN's including War and Peace so it is not that my book is not in the database.
No need to report this further - it's clear that there is a general problem. If you want to receive updates you can subscribe to this thread on the left (if you've posted you're already subscribed)..
The reason I added my comment is that I wanted to catch the attention of the admins, just in case they thought this problem was solved (see pacard's post above)
uh - I got confused with the threads. This one should be closed as the issue described has indeed been solved.
The relevant one with multiple recent error reports is here:
http://forums.zotero.org/discussion/11169/add-item-by-identifier-isbn-broken/#Item_26
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...the error ID is: 352219742. It refers to 'no translator in use in Chromium', which was up and running and it has a working connector.
Hope this might help.
...the error ID is: 352219742. It refers to 'no translator in use in Chromium', which was up and running and it has a working connector.
BTW, is it possible to include some sort of automatic upgrading, since SA doesn't require Firefox, maybe for Ubuntu a line in the repository package?
Many thanks
Regardless of this, I'd expect standalone to have an update reminder like most comparable software in the final version.
When I try to add an ISBN in Zotero for firefox, it just sits there and doesn't do anything when I hit enter. When I try to add one in Z standalone, it brings up a message complaining "Zotero could not find a record for the specified identifier. Please verify the identifier and try again."
I've tried a few different ISBN's including War and Peace so it is not that my book is not in the database.
The relevant one with multiple recent error reports is here:
http://forums.zotero.org/discussion/11169/add-item-by-identifier-isbn-broken/#Item_26