Zed Lite
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About Zed Lite
Zed Lite gives you access to your Zotero reference database on-the-go.
- View your personal and group libraries
- Browse collections
- Search your entire database
- View references
- View call numbers (if stored in the database)
- Share references and URLs to other apps, email references
- Download attachments (using default browser and PDF reader)
Requires a free Zotero account. This app does not sync your data and thus requires an internet connection.
If you need an app that syncs entire Zotero libraries and allows you to add, edit, and delete items, check out Zed, currently available for beta testing: http://www.favand.net/zed
If you have any problems with Zed Lite, please let me know about them through the built-in feedback email feature or through the website (http://www.favand.net/zed).
Known issues:
- Sharing a reference to another app on the device results in the loss of formatting such as italics. Try using the email feature and see if the app you want to share to shows up in that list (even if it isn't an email app).
Why two apps, Zed and Zed Lite? Good question. Zed is meant as a full-featured Zotero client for your mobile device. There's a lot going on in it. Zed Lite, on the other hand, is lighter and more friendly. It gives the developer a chance to explore different ways of working with the Zotero library data. The intent is to keep Zed Lite, well, light, but if you have ideas about how it might be improved, just send an email!
Want a customized version of Zed Lite? If you have a library of resources in a Zotero database and would like to offer access to this library through a mobile app (or even a website), get in touch. Zed Lite can easily be customized and branded with your library ID and display features.
Note:
Zed Lite is not authorized or produced by the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, the primary developers of Zotero, or by the Corporation for Digital Scholarship, the owners of the Zotero trademark. Zed Lite is a client that accesses Zotero databases through the Zotero web API.
- View your personal and group libraries
- Browse collections
- Search your entire database
- View references
- View call numbers (if stored in the database)
- Share references and URLs to other apps, email references
- Download attachments (using default browser and PDF reader)
Requires a free Zotero account. This app does not sync your data and thus requires an internet connection.
If you need an app that syncs entire Zotero libraries and allows you to add, edit, and delete items, check out Zed, currently available for beta testing: http://www.favand.net/zed
If you have any problems with Zed Lite, please let me know about them through the built-in feedback email feature or through the website (http://www.favand.net/zed).
Known issues:
- Sharing a reference to another app on the device results in the loss of formatting such as italics. Try using the email feature and see if the app you want to share to shows up in that list (even if it isn't an email app).
Why two apps, Zed and Zed Lite? Good question. Zed is meant as a full-featured Zotero client for your mobile device. There's a lot going on in it. Zed Lite, on the other hand, is lighter and more friendly. It gives the developer a chance to explore different ways of working with the Zotero library data. The intent is to keep Zed Lite, well, light, but if you have ideas about how it might be improved, just send an email!
Want a customized version of Zed Lite? If you have a library of resources in a Zotero database and would like to offer access to this library through a mobile app (or even a website), get in touch. Zed Lite can easily be customized and branded with your library ID and display features.
Note:
Zed Lite is not authorized or produced by the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, the primary developers of Zotero, or by the Corporation for Digital Scholarship, the owners of the Zotero trademark. Zed Lite is a client that accesses Zotero databases through the Zotero web API.
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App History & Updates
What's Changed
- New: access your group libraries.
- Fixed: issue where Zed Lite couldn't open a folder with a forward slash in the name.
- Enhancement: only offers attachment download when there is a valid link to the file.
- Enhancement: minor graphics issues corrected and Android-style icons applied.
- New: access your group libraries.
- Fixed: issue where Zed Lite couldn't open a folder with a forward slash in the name.
- Enhancement: only offers attachment download when there is a valid link to the file.
- Enhancement: minor graphics issues corrected and Android-style icons applied.
More downloads Zed Lite reached 10 000 - 50 000 downloads
Version update Zed Lite was updated to version 1.1.1
More downloads Zed Lite reached 5 000 - 10 000 downloads
What are users saying about Zed Lite
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I was able to access my collections, but not my notes. I'd rather have unclassified notes.
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This has the potential to be REALLY GOOD like its desktop version...Zotero wins in desktop, Mendeley wins in android. I want to read in my tab...so, I might change to Mendeley for both desktop and android..
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I can access my group libraries and download the PDF attachments. Very good! If I can also upload annotated PDF, I'll give it 5 stars.
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Must have mobile companion if you use Zotero.
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first use and reports unfortunately ........0 star
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The best zotero app by far
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Pretty good. Usable
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Great efforts......
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Awsome
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This is incomplete.
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The app doesn't help much, cause I store my pdfs on a webdav server.
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Nice
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Great !
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Indeed
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I am so glad someone is finally making a functional mobile platform for Zotero. This one is pretty basic, does what it says, but the beta for the full version looks very promising. Even in its present 'lite' form, this is the best option out there for mobile users of Zotero.
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Thank you for this application Daniel Favand.
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JUNK -- Don't waste your time Sure some people, using the most expensive / powerful devices get this app to work OK, but it's supposed to be available to run on ALL devices. It happens when trying to open the result of a search, and has to be Force Closed to exit -- the dev has promised to "look at" this problem in "a future vision" -- no promises for a fix, no saying when -- and it hasn't been updated for over 6 MONTHS!! ----- NO, DEV SHOULD TAKE IT OFF THE MARKET ---- unfortunately, by putting this out, he's really shi!!ing in his own nest -- the full Zed isn't bad. Sadly, we really have NO apps of this type left out there that haven't been abandoned by their developers, and this is just another one of them. At least Mendeley is there for beginners, but I can't use it since my reference database has over 4000 entries.
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I always prefer to link pdf files rather than attach it as a attachment so I can put all pdf files in one directory and manage them using Zotfile. So is this possible to set a base directory (like the desktop version) for pdf links and open pdf locally? thanks for making this app.
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I gues i dont need an app to open a link. Just make tasks worst.
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Five stars because it works so smoothly and is so very nice to look at. I'm actually trying the beta of the full app now and it seems great, too. Much appreciated!
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Slow and not useful
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Just got the app and I'm so excited. One thing I wasn't sure if I'm doing wrong or if it is not supported - after I highlighted a doc, I closed it; when I opened it again there were no highlights which is really not helpful. Any way those can be synced with Zotero?
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A reasonable attempt. I think this app needs a bit more work. I could see my collection/groups. The official web platform via chrome on Android is better and I have gone back to using that. Couldn't open PDFs. Could sort entries after searching.
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I was able to access my collections, but not my notes. I'd rather have unclassified notes.
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It is definitely the nicest looking zotero app out there. But when I search and then try to click on a result, the app crashes. This doesn't happen every time, but when it does it never recovers and I have yo force quit.
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At long last a decent Zotero app that allows seeing bibliography and stored files! Thank you :)
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Awesome idea howeverI need to be able to add and delete articles. Another hand feature to have, allow notes to be saved on journal articles.
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Zed Lite dumped all my references into one unsorted list. Meanwhile, it reported all of my Zotero collections as empty. I emailed the developer but never heard back.
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Finally there is a decent app to access/edit Zotero libraries (mains and shared.. pretty awesome!). I highly recommend adding notes and attachments visualization (e.g. images, text, extracted annotations) since that's the basic information you use to summarize researchs. Filters and sorting tools are also needed. 5/5 Because it's the best Zotero app out there (yes I've tried them all), but we need those crucial improvements. Keep the good work! Un saludo.
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Really good for for a quick lookup. Does not allow the management of your collection (yet), but I don't expect that from such an app.
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It is a good start. But for many users of Zotero being able to access attachments stored on a custome WebDAV server is going to be important. Close but no cigar for me yet. Hope you incorporate this in the near future.
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Have been waiting for a working zotero app..
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Cannot view standalone / child notes in the collections
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Good app but need more: author/date/title sort, a nullity to view abstract for each citation, and would be could to be able to access more than one account like google drive
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Can't load zotero library from stored somewhere else
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It is a good start. But for many users of Zotero being able to access attachments stored on a custome WebDAV server is going to be important. Close but no cigar for me yet. Hope you incorporate this in the near future.