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-=== Why doesn't Zotero work with other browsers like Internet Explorer or Google Chrome? ===
-Zotero works with Firefox (3.0 and up) for Windows, Mac and Linux, as well as with the older 2.x (Mozilla based) versions of the Flock browser. Other browsers, like Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and Safari, currently lack the extension architecture to support a full Zotero port (some of these requirements are listed below), and, even if support for extensions were improved, porting Zotero to these browsers would still require a complete rewrite of the software. However, recognizing the popularity of other browsers, Zotero developers have started work on a standalone version of Zotero that can be linked up to any browser (see [[http://www.zotero.org/blog/zoteros-next-big-step/|public announcement]]).
-The functionality offered by Zotero depends on many features of the Firefox ecosystem, including but not limited to:
-  * full and persistent integration with the native browser UI
-  * access to the currently loaded document from site translators
-  * local file I/O with stream and character set support
-  * dragging/dropping text/files to/from the OS
-  * copying content to the clipboard
-  * inter-process communication support for word processor integration
-  * observing and rewriting HTTP requests for Zotero 2.0's advanced proxy support
-  * observing HTTP responses for automatic RIS/CSL ingestion
-  * gzip support for fast syncing
-  * automatic locale support
-  * external process launching for PDF indexing
-  * an idle observer for running backup and sync operations
-  * flexible attachment opening
-  * revealing files in the filesystem
-Various HTML 5 API proposals, Google Chrome, and/or Opera Widgets might provide partial support for some of these things, but nowhere near what is required to approximate full Zotero functionality.
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