A few years ago, Zotero actually made me content with the fact that I would need an external PDF reader. Then they unexpectedly rolled out their own, but by this point I am so happy with Okular that I have barely even tried Zotero's built-in PDF reader. Mostly because of Okular's great annotation, which Zotero then automatically synchronizes. A far cry from Mendeley's terrible walled garden.
setopt 7 days ago [-]
I have one big reason to use Zotero’s built-in one: They have a pretty good iPad app that syncs PDF highlights and comments with it.
michaelmcdonald 6 days ago [-]
This is my major reason as well. I run a Mac, Windows machine, and have iPhone / iPad devices spread around. I am constantly working with PDFs and highlighting them and having those highlights sync cross platform has been amazing.
BlobberSnobber 7 days ago [-]
I find the built-in one pretty great: has light and dark modes, good annotations, performs well. The only thing missing is this fullscreen behavior, which should exist by default IMO.
kylebenzle 7 days ago [-]
Just tried it out on Linux for the first time too but am sticking with Okular.
Tired reading in Zoteros PDF viewer but it's not as seamless as Okular.
curtisszmania 7 days ago [-]
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Tired reading in Zoteros PDF viewer but it's not as seamless as Okular.