Mendeley Web Importer

I agree with all the reviewers who have mentioned that Mendeley's transition under Elsevier has been a complete nightmare. This extension doesn't work, and the new reference platform is terrible. Elsevier clearly has no idea what scholars, writers, researchers, etc. need in order to do their work because nothing is working the way it should; things that were great before are no obsolete or completely gone; and the interface they've replaced it with is not only inefficient and convoluted but i... Show more

The whole software package is buggy and inconsistant. It's (best case scenario) 50/50 whether pushing a button that is supposed to do a thing will do it, whether in the web plug-in or in the desktop app. It's a shame too because if it just worked, if it just did the thing it was supposed to do, it would be great, but no, that has not been my experience at all. I think I'll have to search for an alternative, with all the spare time a person has who is studying and working... Annoyingly unneces... Show more

I don't know what has happened at Mendeley's end, but currently pressing the Mendeley Web Importer tool button is like playing a slot machine game: sometimes you win, but mostly don't. My Windows 10 computer is running Intel i7, has 16 GB of RAM and all the latest software updates + latest Chrome, and still Mendeley refuses to work. On a good day I'm able to import 2-5 out of 15 references. I'm changing the system to something else.