Comments on: Zotero 2.0 Launches (What a Pleasant Surprise!)

By: Maia

Maia — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:41:07 +0000

You're correct, it doesn't have the bibliographic software that Zotero has, it is for teams doing research. I'm not in academia (corporate world!), but I used to use Zotero for doing market research with my team, and I switched to using Archivd (since Zotero didn't have collaborative features at that point). If you don't need the bibliographic resources, Archivd might be a better fit – but if you do, I think it's the best that's out there!

By: tommy

tommy — Thu, 28 May 2009 00:49:04 +0000

It doesn't really look like bibliographic software. Am I mistaken?

By: tommy

tommy — Wed, 20 May 2009 12:41:15 +0000

Well, for one thing, I couldn't find any option to format a Bibliography or to format footnotes in a particular style, like Zotero does (Chicago, MLA, SBL, etc). Am I just missing something?

The lack of different document types was another issue. All the fields are there (if you select Generic), but Bibliographies are formatted differently based on different types.

500mb is nice for online storage, but if you stick your Zotero database into your dropbox directory, you get 2gb. (If you don't already have Dropbox, use my promotion code for 250mb of extra storage: https://www.getdropbox.com/referrals/NTExMjczNzk )

Am I missing something? Looks promising though. I'm leaving it installed to see where it goes.

By the way, Zotero offers most of what you like about Mendeley, or is supposed to in the near future.

By: tommy

tommy — Wed, 20 May 2009 04:19:10 +0000

Been looking at it. It does not do everything I need. I'm going to post a comparison soon.

By: tommy

tommy — Wed, 20 May 2009 04:06:46 +0000

Not yet. trying it out now.

By: tommy

tommy — Sat, 16 May 2009 17:35:29 +0000

Time permitting, of course. Which it probably won't. Zotero has been pretty good about provided video demonstration themselves, and will probably do so when they provide a final release. But we shall see. Working on a group for the Epistle to the Hebrews first.

By: joelsephus

joelsephus — Sat, 16 May 2009 12:34:17 +0000

Tommy, once you've gotten comfortable and acquainted with the new features, you should do a video demonstration of how you use Zotero. I always find those useful.

By: tommy

tommy — Fri, 15 May 2009 01:59:04 +0000

Some of this is a name change. They're adding so much, they need a version number to match. aka Firefox.

Kinda the opposite of the Linux community. We add a bunch of stuff, and upgrade it from 0.99.1.0012a to 0.99.1.0012b

By: Cris

Cris — Fri, 15 May 2009 01:51:10 +0000

And I just upgraded to 1.5 on Saturday…