Comments on: Make Firefox a Productivity Powerhouse http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7672/ Open Source, Open Standards Sat, 05 Oct 2013 13:48:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: misoul http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7672/#comment-7679 misoul Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7672/#comment-7679 <p>A few articles pointed out that Firefox would be the first victim of Chrome. It is well-based. Firefox has to do something about its sluggishness. Sure FF has tons of plugins, but so does Chrome. I know Linux Magazine is trying to support OSS, but still... </p> A few articles pointed out that Firefox would be the first victim of Chrome. It is well-based. Firefox has to do something about its sluggishness. Sure FF has tons of plugins, but so does Chrome. I know Linux Magazine is trying to support OSS, but still…

]]> By: dieter@engr.uky.edu http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7672/#comment-7680 dieter@engr.uky.edu Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7672/#comment-7680 <p>I have found Zotero to be a pretty useful plug-in when doing online research. Zotero provides an interface to book mark pages, except that it also keeps a copy of the page internally and tags it with the access date and time, in case the online version changes or goes away. You can attach files, notes, and keywords to saved items, as well.</p> <p>The citation storing features are incredibly helpful if you are planning on writing a paper that references material you find online. Zotero stores citation information for publications if the web site with the citation includes the information, or you can manually enter the data. Google scholar, ACM, IEEE, Elsevier, among many other publishers are Zotero enabled, saving you the trouble of managing the citations. There are plug-ins for Open Office and MS Word to create bibliographies from your Zotero library, and it can export BibTex, too. </p> I have found Zotero to be a pretty useful plug-in when doing online research. Zotero provides an interface to book mark pages, except that it also keeps a copy of the page internally and tags it with the access date and time, in case the online version changes or goes away. You can attach files, notes, and keywords to saved items, as well.

The citation storing features are incredibly helpful if you are planning on writing a paper that references material you find online. Zotero stores citation information for publications if the web site with the citation includes the information, or you can manually enter the data. Google scholar, ACM, IEEE, Elsevier, among many other publishers are Zotero enabled, saving you the trouble of managing the citations. There are plug-ins for Open Office and MS Word to create bibliographies from your Zotero library, and it can export BibTex, too.

]]> By: schryer http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7672/#comment-7681 schryer Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7672/#comment-7681 <p>I agree with Dieter Zotero tops all of the tools you mentioned. It also allows you synchronize your Zotero database between browsers in a free and open way and gives you access to your database online, also for free. </p> I agree with Dieter Zotero tops all of the tools you mentioned. It also allows you synchronize your Zotero database between browsers in a free and open way and gives you access to your database online, also for free.

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