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Reviews for Mendeley Web Importer

Mendeley Web Importer by Mendeley

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  • by Cornelius, 7 years ago
    Can you please explain why this add-on needs the permission to accsess my data for all web sites?

    Developer response

    posted 7 years ago
    Good question – but we have good reasons:

    1. Mendeley Web Importer needs to read the content of the web page in order to detect document identifiers within it. The extension then looks up metadata for the identifier from Mendeley Catalog.

    2. Mendeley Web Importer automatically follows link redirects in order to be able to locate a full text PDF for the references it detects. Since the PDF may not be hosted on the web page you are looking at, the extension requires permissions to follow the redirects to be able to look at other websites.

    I hope this clarifies why the extension asks for the permissions it does. If you have any follow-up questions, please use the "Send feedback" link in the extension and we'll be happy to discuss further.
  • by Diego Abraham Olvera Mendoza, 7 years ago
    It is not working on some pdf's viewed on firefox. The button don't display anything. For example in https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Peter_Driessen/publication/242097053_Path_Difference_Learning_for_Guitar_Fingering_Problem/links/5460b9d70cf295b5616375b4/Path-Difference-Learning-for-Guitar-Fingering-Problem.pdf

    UPDATE
    Now if I use Mendeley Web Importer on a PDF the following message appear: "For security, Firefox blocks extensions running on PDF files".

    It is a pity that the extension does not work in a browser as good and safe as Firefox. It is time to go back to Chrome again.

    Developer response

    posted 7 years ago
    Thanks for flagging this. We'll look into it.
  • by M.MRB, 7 years ago
    Unable to get sign-in. Every time showing same message "sorry" unable to connect. Poor service.

    Developer response

    posted 7 years ago
    Sorry to hear you're having problems. As an initial step, please uninstall and reinstall the extension. If the problem persists, please visit https://service.elsevier.com/app/chat/chat_launch/supporthub/mendeley/ to troubleshoot.