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kb:safari_compatibility [2020/06/06 12:58] – [Additional Details] dstillman | kb:safari_compatibility [2020/08/15 18:03] – [Zotero Connector and Safari 13] dstillman | ||
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====== Zotero Connector and Safari 13 ====== | ====== Zotero Connector and Safari 13 ====== | ||
- | **A [[https:// | + | Safari 13 changed the way Safari extensions work, breaking the previous Zotero Connector for Safari that existed for many years. |
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Unless you're comfortable running beta software, we recommend saving using the Zotero Connector for Chrome or Firefox, [[: | Unless you're comfortable running beta software, we recommend saving using the Zotero Connector for Chrome or Firefox, [[: | ||
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+ | Safari 14, coming in fall 2020, adds compatibility with the browser extensions supported by Chrome, Firefox, and other browsers, and [[https:// | ||
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These Safari extensions, which worked similarly to extensions for Chrome and Firefox, were discontinued in favor of Safari App Extensions, a much more limited type of extension that must be distributed as part of a Mac app. | These Safari extensions, which worked similarly to extensions for Chrome and Firefox, were discontinued in favor of Safari App Extensions, a much more limited type of extension that must be distributed as part of a Mac app. | ||
- | We invested significant resources building a Safari App Extension version of the Zotero Connector, but due to what we believe to be a bug in macOS, Zotero app updates can cause the extension to become permanently disabled in Safari, requiring the Zotero app to be deleted from Applications and reinstalled. | + | We invested significant resources building a Safari App Extension version of the Zotero Connector, but due to what we believe to be a bug in macOS, Zotero app updates can cause the extension to become permanently disabled in Safari, requiring the Zotero app to be deleted from Applications and reinstalled. |
Due to this problem and the general limitations of Safari App Extensions, for the best Zotero experience, you may wish to use the Zotero Connector for Chrome or Firefox instead. Chrome and Firefox provide powerful extension frameworks that allow us to offer advanced functionality such as automatic proxy detection and automatic RIS/BibTeX import, features that weren' | Due to this problem and the general limitations of Safari App Extensions, for the best Zotero experience, you may wish to use the Zotero Connector for Chrome or Firefox instead. Chrome and Firefox provide powerful extension frameworks that allow us to offer advanced functionality such as automatic proxy detection and automatic RIS/BibTeX import, features that weren' | ||
Note that Zotero is, to our knowledge, the only tool of its kind that has offered a dedicated extension for Safari instead of a much more limited bookmarklet. While Zotero offers a [[/ | Note that Zotero is, to our knowledge, the only tool of its kind that has offered a dedicated extension for Safari instead of a much more limited bookmarklet. While Zotero offers a [[/ | ||
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+ | Safari 14, coming in fall 2020, finally adds support for the WebExtensions framework used by Chrome, Firefox, and other browsers, and we expect to be able to offer a version of the standard Zotero Connector for Safari at that time. | ||
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