Just saw a press release from Merriam-Webster saying they've got a new line of Firefox tools. Anyone tried these yet? Looks like some fairly basic additions, including a couple of re-packaged extensions, but they've got nice docs and screenshots to walk you through the process. I'm surprised at how complete their package of offers is.
Posted by asa at March 2, 2005 06:48 AMdict: keyword is good enough for me. :-P
Posted by: minghong on March 2, 2005 07:47 AMUsually, I click the "Download" to install it. But, in Merriam, you got to read the instruction and find the right "download".
Most of time, when I check new word, I would like to know how to pronounce it,
but Mozilla can't read *.wav directly. Can any plugin handle it?
their search box plugin only claimed to support "Windows 98, ME, NT 4, 2000, or XP; Linux". But OS X is also working.
Posted by: cyfer on March 2, 2005 08:01 AMThe search plugin is working :)
I've never heard of this dictionary looks a pretty decent one though.
Merriam-Webster definitely makes one of the best-respected English (or possibly American) dictionaries.
I'll bet this will help them with getting a few more users. In my experience so far, dictionary.com's been a good bit better because the way they query their database is GET-based, while m-w.com is POST-based. Creating a search plug-in and such lowers that barrier to entry, and I might actually install them in my stable Firefox installations.
Posted by: Jeff Walden on March 2, 2005 02:24 PMit's not really relevant but I thought I'd share anyway.
I use hyperdictionary.com (right click, add keyword for this search) as it loads faster than either dictionary.com or m-w.com
Posted by: grayrest on March 2, 2005 03:14 PMI really like the Answers.com search plugin. It gives you many entries for each search term, including Wikipedia and multiple translations all at once.
Posted by: superyooser on March 3, 2005 10:14 AM