We are excited to announce the release of Zotero 1.0.6. The 1.0.6 launch coincides with the launch of Firefox 3 and marks the first fully supported version of Zotero for Firefox 3.

Zotero 1.0.6 makes it easier than ever to integrate notes from your Zotero library into your writing work flow. You can now drag-and-drop notes into any text field on your system. In addition to this enhancement, the release comes with over a dozen new translators, including translators for the Boston Globe and the National Library of Australia, and enhancements to many existing translators. Zotero 1.0.6 also includes a number of bug fixes, addressing translator errors, report sorting, and word processor communication errors, among other issues. Finally, Zotero is now fully functional in Finnish, Slovak and Thai, bringing the total number of languages Zotero runs in to 34.

Take a look at the changelog for a complete list of changes.

We are excited to announce the release of Zotero 1.0.4. This release offers UI improvements, enhancements to word processor integration, and stronger support for campus proxy systems, along with a number of other features and bug fixes. See the changelog for the full list of changes.

One of the most exciting new features in 1.0.4 is compatibility with Firefox 3. Feel free to give Zotero a test on Firefox 3 Release Candidate 1! Please note, however, that we can only offer full support for the final release of Firefox 3.0, which is expected to be released by the end of June 2008. With this qualification, early adopters of Firefox 3 are encouraged to use Zotero and report any problems they encounter in the forums.

Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 and earlier have known incompatibilities with Zotero and are not recommended.

Zotero runs quite nicely on the OLPC. If you would like to try it out just set up Firefox 2 and download Zotero just as you normally would.

While the Zotero dev community powers along the development roadmap, other community members have been diligently working to upgrade and expand Zotero’s documentation. If you are a diehard Zoteron, you might browse through the documentation pages; there’s a good chance that you are are missing out on all sorts of features.

For example you can now find documentation on Zotero’s report generating capabilities and using timelines. You might also be interested in portable solutions for Zotero 1.0 as well as techniques for using Zotero 1.0 over a network. Several bilingual community members have updated or created translations of Zotero’s quick start guide. Many thanks to Harald Kliems for updating the German translation, Seangill (Peter ) Bae for contributing a Korean translation, Dániel Takács for contributing a Hungarian translation, and Erwan Le Guerroué for contributing a French translation.

If you have any tips or tricks for using Zotero, think there are some great Zotero features you would like to see elaborated on in Zotero’s documentation, or would like to contribute a translation of the quick start guide: please post your thoughts in the forums.