Reviews for Unpaywall
Unpaywall by Impactstory team
227 reviews
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14227886, 6 years agoWhat a great tool to help researchers in their daily activities! Very useful when you're moving around often.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14224425, 6 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14197144, 6 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14187021, 6 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14158230, 6 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Jatan Mehta, 6 years ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 14117175, 6 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by MystaKull, 6 years agoamazing! I can't afford legit academic research on the most popular sites that come up in search results so I thought i was resigned to a pop culture self education, lol... I knew there had to be free and legal :P access to something with substance but I am just too ADD with DDG and I get lost in a torrent of queries... so, THANK YOU!
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 11170394, 6 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by paulstadnikov, 6 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14087619, 6 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14042214, 6 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 13476246, 6 years agoSeems like a really great idea. However so far I have yet to come across any site where this extension works (the little green icon which permits reading of a blocked site). Unless I see one soon I'll be removing the extension. :(
- Rated 3 out of 5by Firefox user 13989845, 6 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13556656, 6 years agoUnpaywall makes it really easy to (legally!) find free versions of journal articles.
- Rated 5 out of 5by RV, 6 years agoExtremely helpful and gives idea of availibilty of free legal copy of any research paper within few momoents.
The Badge UI is great . - Rated 2 out of 5by Firefox user 13958296, 6 years agoTL;DR:
Implement the best possible interface, regardless of lazy users' concerns, then create an easy version for them. Or at least make a second version that follows best-practices. Somewhat redundant program, otherwise. But great idea, and there's certainly something to be said for the fact that you've pursued the idea to this extent.
Full comment:
Echoing the sentiments of another reviewer, and the respective reply from dev...
"Best-practices" in mind, it's too bad that they're being sullied in favour of unskilled-user-friendliness. Kind of ends up being user-unfriendly for those who would use in a more 'serious'/efficient capacity...
My opinion, for what it's worth, is that best-practices ought to be pursued foremost, otherwise the tool becomes an interface nightmare for those who want to use it efficiently and thoughtfully. You'd end up with a better product and that's the best scenario for a creator. A lite version is perfectly reasonable once that's taken care of.
I appreciate what you've done, though, and understand where you're coming from. It's a fantastic idea, but problematic roll-out philosophy for me. Ends up being a bit of another time-consuming hoop to jump through which sort of defeats the purpose for those who are capable, yet looking to streamline the search and organization process. - Rated 5 out of 5by Paulo Marques, 6 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13907074, 7 years ago