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Lean Library by TfS Extensions

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  • by Coolperson:-D, 5 years ago
    Please explain why access to information within all windows and tabs are required by this extension.

    Developer response

    posted 5 years ago
    Hello

    Thanks for reaching out to us and we understand your concerns. With some of our core features (eBooks alternatives, article alternatives, highlight and search), our extension does require a few details to provide you with a seamless service.

    In order to function, the extension needs to scrape the page for academic material IDs (like ISBN and DOI) and based on this information you getting redirected to a full text location. We can assure you, we do not collect any personal data and we also use highly advanced regular expressions when scraping the pages to make sure our extension only picks up DOIs and ISBNs.

    You can find more information about our data privacy commitment on our website : https://www.leanlibrary.com/data-privacy/

    Best wishes
    Clare
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  • by YaBoiTea, 6 years ago
    Pretty useful, at least a lot more so than my university's javascript thingy. My only problem is that it also does the pop up thing on wikipedia pages, which can be quite annoying.

    Developer response

    posted 5 years ago
    Hello there

    We appreciate your feedback and it is great to hear that you found our extension useful.

    The pop-up settings are managed by your library but we understand this might be frustrating for you. To address this, on the Lean Library's extension page, please tick "Skip the popup and automate my access.", you will then stop seeing the pop-ups unless you click on our extension.

    To increase the optimization for our users, we are currently working on an end-user dashboard, where you will be able customize your own pop-up settings and set your own preferences.

    This is under development at the moment and we will release it soon so keep an eye out for an announcement about this!

    Best wishes
    Clare
  • by Firefox user 15531931, 6 years ago
    Really good module but I have one complain. Some of my own subscriptions (for newspapers) are supperior to the one my university provides. Could you implement a easy on/off switch or an exclusion list for certain websites? Keep up the good work!

    Developer response

    posted 6 years ago
    Thank you so much for your feedback. This is on our roadmap and I'll record your request as another signal to help prioritise it appropriately. If you contact us at [email protected], we might be able to assist you to "work around" this behavior, or work with your library to improve the setup for all users at your institution! We look forward to hearing from you soon!
  • by Phil Adams, 6 years ago
    We know that lots of requests are made for articles unavailable from the publishers, but included in library collections elsewhere. This extension helps people find the material that can access for free and so get on with their research.
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  • by Aeolus, 6 years ago
    Unfortunately, this Add-on doesn’t have any iOS browser access. This is rather unfortunate, as most of by journal browsing is done on iOS devices. This renders the new access via Lean Library (versus ezyproxy) rather inadequate for my needs.

    Developer response

    posted 6 years ago
    Dear Aeolus,

    Thank you for reviewing Lean Library. iOS currently does not provide any means for browser extensions and thus we are unable to serve your needs. We are looking into creating an adequate solution for iOS and Android. Feel free to reach out to us at [email protected], if we can assist you!

    Greetings

    Claus
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  • by snkillerbeast, 6 years ago
    It's so great that my library subscribed to this! Makes my life easy
  • by Tracy, 6 years ago