Over the weekend I released Version 2020.6 of Open Access Helper for iOS. This version improves handling of publisher websites, by adding a number of site specific rules helping identify DOIs, even if they are not within the meta-elements of the page! In other words: Open Access Helper on your phone or tablet does an […]
This version brings support for EBSCOhost and ProQuest
In this version I enhance your privacy, by removing code, which was designed to share anonymous usage data with me, if you had it enabled. You might ask, why remove it, if it was anonymous? The simple answer is that I didn’t get enough detail to make it valuable and I thus hardly used the […]
This version ensures the changed oahelper.org server structure is respected. When you long press a URL and select OA Helper from the share menu, the app will now: try to find a DOI within the URL if no DOI is found, it will offer to open Proxy / Bookmark the URL Lastly, I added a […]
In this version I add support for Citation Counts from OpenCitations.net – this way you’ll see how often an article was cited. As always, you can determine in the settings, which features you wish to use! For iPadOS users I have ensured proper support for pointing devices. This version also includes a bug fix, which […]
Starting with this version, we now support remote access via EZproxy, a URL rewriting proxy popular with University and College libraries worldwide
This update brings to you some improvements, ensuring you will find it easier than before to find a legal Open Access copy. Amongst the changes are: • Open Access Button will only show for articles published within the last 5 years • Support for “Similar Articles” (powered by core.ac.uk) A few notes about “Similar Articles”: […]
This version contains a number of smaller enhancement designed to leverage the capabilities of the lates iOS version
You can now enable an option to request documents directly from the author, using Open Access Button
In this version I implement a features, requested by a user: * Infinite scroll in result lists, allow you to see more than 50 results. As you scroll towards the bottom the app will start load an additional 50 records. You will see an appropriate indicator Additionally: * Added option to only use “unaypwall.org” instead […]
