Hello users, I thought I’d share my findings after playing around with this software this afternoon. Perhaps you can point out features I’ve missed, but so far I have a few recommendations for improvement:
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no simple select & merge option
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opening a particular file is clumsy if a ref has several attachments.
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no field for author ID in the Article reference type (e.g. ORCID). Many modern databases have a field for this. Adding it myself requires laborious tweaking of filters and styles.
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no ability to preserve the original import information as a text attachment
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no ability to display library fields with multiple entries (e.g. keywords) except authors.
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poor batch workflow:
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- can not import multiple files at once (e.g. multiple pdfs or several .nbib files)
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- no ability to add multiple files to a single reference at once.
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- no ability to add a single file to multiple references (at once, without duplication)
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reference types should be infinitely extensible. 8 custom fields is limiting…
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custom reference types should be merge-able with existing ones , not overwrite everything by default on import.
I hope this highlights some issues that are possible but not obvious to a new user, or things that are on the future roadmap. Thank you for your consideration.