Reviews for Dictionary Anywhere
Dictionary Anywhere by meetDeveloper
Review by Firefox user 15053446
Rated 5 out of 5
by Firefox user 15053446, 7 years agoHi Suraj, I am enjoying your add-on very much. I have installed (and later uninstalled) several Firefox dictionary add-ons because they did not have the information displayed in a way that was pleasing to me. You seem to have nailed it -- great job!
From the previous reviews I've read, it seems you are keen on obtaining suggestions from your users. I have a few helpful ones for you to take under advisement:
1.) directly beneath the first line where you have the word's syllables, please add the phonetic spelling of the word as well. Furthermore, the screenshots you've provided seem to show a speaker icon which I assume is an audio pronunciation. This was going to be my next suggestion, but after seeing it already shown in your screen shots, I am now thinking that perhaps it is just a bug that needs to be worked out. For your diagnostics, I am running a custom stripped-down bare-bones version of Win10 Pro v.1809 which I obtained from TeamOS.
2.) I would like to be able to verify a definition as I am writing sometimes; however, it appears that the add-on does not allow the user to get a definition pop-up box from a word selected within a textbox element.
3.) many words have multiple meanings and contexts. I would like to see the definition section formatted a bit differently to reflect this fact & for clarity. Specifically, have the word's part of speech (noun, verb, adj, etc.) with it's own CSS style & color scheme indented on the first level, then on the next line & indentation level, show the definition for that particular part of speech. repeat this format for each of the possible parts of speech that any given word may have. This will allow users to ensure they use the word correctly and is a much more thorough implementation structure in my humble opinion.
4.) Finally on to my last suggestion. I would like to see a collapsible link for synonyms and example sentences listed for each word's definition on every possible part of speech variation. When the user clicks the link once, synonyms or example sentences will appear directly below the link. Click once again and they re-hide themselves. For an example see lexico.com, who have a very nice yet minimal & effective implementation of this feature.
I hope that this review proves helpful & gives you a good list of goodies to work on for future releases!
Best,
James
From the previous reviews I've read, it seems you are keen on obtaining suggestions from your users. I have a few helpful ones for you to take under advisement:
1.) directly beneath the first line where you have the word's syllables, please add the phonetic spelling of the word as well. Furthermore, the screenshots you've provided seem to show a speaker icon which I assume is an audio pronunciation. This was going to be my next suggestion, but after seeing it already shown in your screen shots, I am now thinking that perhaps it is just a bug that needs to be worked out. For your diagnostics, I am running a custom stripped-down bare-bones version of Win10 Pro v.1809 which I obtained from TeamOS.
2.) I would like to be able to verify a definition as I am writing sometimes; however, it appears that the add-on does not allow the user to get a definition pop-up box from a word selected within a textbox element.
3.) many words have multiple meanings and contexts. I would like to see the definition section formatted a bit differently to reflect this fact & for clarity. Specifically, have the word's part of speech (noun, verb, adj, etc.) with it's own CSS style & color scheme indented on the first level, then on the next line & indentation level, show the definition for that particular part of speech. repeat this format for each of the possible parts of speech that any given word may have. This will allow users to ensure they use the word correctly and is a much more thorough implementation structure in my humble opinion.
4.) Finally on to my last suggestion. I would like to see a collapsible link for synonyms and example sentences listed for each word's definition on every possible part of speech variation. When the user clicks the link once, synonyms or example sentences will appear directly below the link. Click once again and they re-hide themselves. For an example see lexico.com, who have a very nice yet minimal & effective implementation of this feature.
I hope that this review proves helpful & gives you a good list of goodies to work on for future releases!
Best,
James
Developer response
posted 7 years agoThanks for such a detailed review, I have added the audio button and will next add the phonetic.
557 reviews
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 17275815, 6 days agoUsed to work perfectly. Now it's useless, broken, garbage. Any word, including basic words like the word "word", just shows "No definition found."
Worthless in its current state.
Use "Dictionariez: Your Dictionary, Your Language" instead. It actually works. - Rated 1 out of 5by dzhmil, 9 days agoIt inexplicably stopped functioning a month or so ago :-( Which is a huge shame because I found this extension extremely useful while it lasted! I hope its developer finds the time to fix it at some point
- Rated 1 out of 5by wavingdragon, 11 days ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Midnight, 13 days ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Alexaction, 19 days agoAnother extension plagued with abandonment issues, such a shame.
- Rated 1 out of 5by Vivek, 22 days agoI think this add-on is now unmaintained. The definitions for the words doesn't so up. "Sorry no definition found" appears even for a word like "navigate".
This add-on appears to be really buggy and even then this retains recommended badge by mozilla. - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 17743303, a month agoDoesn't work. No Definition found is all you get now.
- Rated 1 out of 5by stk1, a month agoThis extension just doesnt work at all. All the words I highlight say no definition found
- Rated 1 out of 5by Moo, a month agoDoesn't work at all anymore, sad :( Hard to find extensions like these, many don't work anymore.
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 18984254, 2 months agowould love this. the only problem is it doesnt support multiple languages at the same time.
- Rated 4 out of 5by MrMoodle, 2 months agoI appreciate this add-on and the work that went into it. One crucial area of improvement to make it much more user-friendly would be to disable the popup in writing/input text fields. I find myself constantly closing the popup in search fields or text input when I'm not interested in definitions, but a word gets highlighted, and it's a nuisance.
- Rated 5 out of 5by diegof59, 2 months ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by faird, 3 months agoThe addon is abandoned. It doesn't work any more and the dev is ignoring the submitted fix: github.com/meetDeveloper/Dictionary-Anywhere/pull/85
- Rated 2 out of 5by bryanmac199, 3 months agoI've used this extension for years, and found it was a must-have for me, even at work. However, it no longer works.
- Rated 1 out of 5by ptarmie., 3 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by elsenfox, 4 months ago
- Rated 3 out of 5by Kei, 4 months agoNo dark mode, No protection from going behind the edge of the screen, No definition found.
Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18599020, 4 months agoWorks again, also works much better than Dictionariez which is a scam app and I reported to mozilla.
- Rated 5 out of 5by AlDollaz, 5 months ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Vrako Mugion, 6 months agoIt was one of the best add on i used daily. But since last few weeks, it shows - "Sorry, No definition found." for every word even the simplest one and I have checked all. Permission, internet connectivity, reinstalling - but no use. It seems this add on is dead.
Developer do something please..