Hello,
I love Paperpile. There is one small change that would be very helpful to me. When I am looking at a pdf from my library in my web browser (Google Chrome), the title and name of the paper disappear from the header after 5 seconds. While I understand this is likely intended to make reading easier, for me it primarily prevents me from seeing which paper I was reading when I’m halfway down - so then I have to hover over the tab, or scroll to the top, or go to another tab to see which paper I’m in.
I know it’s a small thing, so hopefully it would be easy to change! I would love the option to have the paper title not disappear after 5 seconds.
Figured it was worth reaching out about!
Thanks,
James Anderson
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Here is a screenshot of what I would like to not disappear. Thanks!
Thank you for your feedback on our PDF viewer, @James_Anderson. It’s a small thing but it’s still worth reaching out about! I’ve shared your thoughts with the team and I’ve asked about the default behavior. I’ll let you know when I have an update from them.
I agree completely, one of the many annoying features that Paperpile has not standardized. It’s so frustrating to have a paper up and cite a specific section, only to not have the title and author at hand.
I wonder if any of the Paperpile team are students/scholars/academics? Or is it only a team of software engineers? There should be a test group of students/academics before new features are changed/added/released, even if you think they are small, they have a big influence on workflow!
Thanks for the feedback. This request has come up before and is well on our radar; we expect to prioritize updates for the PDF viewer later this year.
@Kelly_Rafferty the founders of Paperpile met and started off as university students and researchers, and some of our team members have backgrounds/are still active in academia. Regardless, we rely heavily on our existing user base for regular feedback, betas and testing.
@Kelly_Rafferty @James_Anderson Thank you again for sharing your thoughts on the PDF viewer. I checked with the team, and the intended behavior is for the reference metadata (authors, year, and title) to appear for about 5 seconds when you switch back to an open tab. This helps quickly identify which reference you’re viewing. The team may revisit this behavior in future updates to the PDF viewer, and we’ll keep you posted here.
