Comments on: Mendeley Desktop v0.9.0 released

By: Lataifeh

Lataifeh — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:32:44 +0000

I tried to test the back up and restore, it failed..archive zip was small in size compared to my library; I had to sync from web, and in this regard, I have another question; sync will look at things like time stamp or updated done on files and chose the latest or would it just overwrite the desktop based on the web.. can you guys elaborate more on this in your FAQs ,. cheers

By: Victor

Victor — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:07:52 +0000

Hi Matt – sorry to keep you waiting. We should have said the “next major” release, which will be version 1.0 (or one of the 1.0 Release Candidates). Currently, the timeline for this is by the end of this year, or at the latest, sometime in January.

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:00:07 +0000

What is the timeline for adding synchronization of notes to the Web? This is a critical feature for me, and this states it is coming in the “next” release.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:31:36 +0000

Ahh… ok. So you can access the Getting Started Guide from the Help menu.

It appears that this is just a PDF in: ‘Mendeley Desktop.app/Contents/Resources/FAQ.pdf’ (on OS X)

It would be great for that PDF to be more explicitly linked from your site (including from the release notes).

It appears that you may only make your own libraries public (not shared collections). It also appears that the public libraries do not include any PDFs that have been uploaded. Bummer on both counts, but that’s not to discount the usefulness of Mendeley overall. It just means that this feature is not tremendously useful for my purposes (but I can imagine it being useful for others).

By: Jan

Jan — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:40:16 +0000

Hi Steve – in v0.9.1 we ship a Getting Started Guide which explains the key steps to set up a Public Collection. In addition, we are currently preparing some teaching materials which should explain in more detail how to do it. Here’s a short description:

1. In “My Library” in Mendeley Desktop, create a new collection in the left pane.
2. Click on that collection, and then click on “Edit settings” in the upper right corner of the center (library) pane.
3. Set collection access to “Public”, add a description if you like, and click on “Sync” in the tool bar.
4. After sync, in the settings you will see a link (http://www.mendeley.com/collections/ etc.) – this is the link to the public collection. If you drag & drop items in that public collection in Mendeley Desktop, they will appear on the public collection web page (the link) after sync.
5. Click on the link, and the public collection page in the lower left corner you will see the embed code which enables you to embed this document feed / reference list into other web pages.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:17:00 +0000

“Public document collections (reading lists) which can be embedded on other websites”

Documentation?

By: Michael Rowe

Michael Rowe — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:57:16 +0000

Just wanted to say thanks a lot for this release. I recently gave a presentation in my department on using Mendeley for collaborative articles and now I have to update everyone with the new features…sigh. I’m loving the ability to annotate PDFs (but why can’t we share those notes?).

I have 2 comments based on minor issues I had with the upgrade. I think it’d be a good idea to inform users of changes to the interface. For example, it took me a while to figure out how to edit the settings for uploading documents in specific libraries during syncing. I also don’t think Mendeley should default to uploading my whole library…why not keep the previous settings (which were to only upload metadata)?

Anyway, thanks for a great piece of software. Can’t wait for the next version

By: Jan

Jan — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:27:23 +0000

Hi Emre, thanks for your comment. I forwarded your question to support@mendeley.com, and we’ll try to help you as quickly as possible. Please send further support queries directly to support@mendeley.com.

Thank you
Jan

By: Emre Ayca

Emre Ayca — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:03:14 +0000

Thank you all for the terrific application, seems more than promising; (re)installed nicely on both ubuntu and windows.

one thing: the search option is disabled on both ubuntu and windows desktops -even though I logged in. no problems with syncing though. did I do something wrong -do I need to uload the pdfs as well or disable any firewalls, other obstructions?

Thanks again for this great application,

E. Ayca

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:54:38 +0000

Looks nice. Just found a crash bug (possibly SEGFAULT). I did this:

1. Install fresh 64 bit mendeley on ubuntu.
2. Try to enter my username/password, get it wrong.
3. Go to the options thing and try again. Hit ‘Apply’.
4. Got it wrong again!
5. Try a third time, hit ‘Apply’.
6. It works, hit ‘OK’.
7. Instant crash.

Yeah I know there’s a bug reporting tool, but it insultingly only lets you report 10 bugs.