Lean Library
The Lean Library extension is a free tool which assists your library in delivering their services directly into your research workflow in more ways than one!
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2.91
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56)Review summary
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spammy, or outdated. Pros
- Helps access scientific literature through university libraries
- Can replicate the 'on campus' experience for remote users
- Responsive to feedback from institutions
- Useful for sourcing full texts of articles
Cons
- Significantly slows down browser performance
- Always active with no easy way to turn off or manage settings
- Frequent pop-ups and distractions when browsing
- Can break functionality of other extensions and websites
Most mentioned
- Slows down browser performance
- Always active with no off switch
- Frequent pop-ups
- Issues with site access and redirects
- Compatibility problems with other extensions
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| Date | Author | Rating | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-10-03 | Steven Crane | | Significantly slows down my browser, even on an M1 Max Macbook pro with 32gb of ram. |
| 2024-09-27 | Xard | | I would give the feature 4 stars, though the extension itself is lacking. It's always on without an easy 'off' switch, meaning I have to manually go into my settings to turn it off, otherwise it bogs down my browser. It will often pop-up after I've already gotten to the intended page from clicking the provided link. If I click the pop-up, it opens the exact same page, again. Overall I still find it incredibly useful, though its implementation is wanting. |
| 2024-09-13 | Firefox user 15550996 | | The shortcut does "work" for me, as in, it allows me to access scientific literature though my university its library. HOWEVER, That does not mean that this extention works well, far from it... The extention is Always Active, with no options to change this. I would much rather have it off by default and activated upon request, or be able to manage sites it works on with either a whitelist or a blacklist... The extention often causes a lot of slowdown on different sites, and also regularly pops up the "sign in to your institution" widget when visiting sites like wikipedia... as you might have guessed, I don't need a library log in on a site which gives me its information for free :/ It does the bare minimum which it promisses to do, so I won't give it one star, but man, would I like a better extention for this..... |
| 2024-09-02 | Carla | | when filling in the university I attend, it does not give any options to proceed. I want to log in with my university information, but except for filling in that I attend it I cannot do anything |
| 2024-07-29 | Firefox user 16816864 | | |
| 2024-07-15 | Firefox user 18508199 | | This extension breaks my browser and other extensions like Mendeley Web Importer that i need for my scientific papers. |
| 2024-05-15 | Henrik H | | A genial passkey that really works great! No hassles. I had forgotten it until I got a new PC and suddenly met walls for every literature search. Strongly recommended! (I rarely write reviews, but those facing you on LL are unfair according to my experience.) |
| 2024-04-07 | Maged Sami Ayed Sammor | | |
| 2024-01-24 | Firefox user 15858525 | | Stuck at loading screen |
| 2024-01-09 | Helen Ostovich | |
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