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forrestcupp
August 8th, 2011, 09:08 PM
I recently installed a Firefox extension for Google Dictionary and Translate. It allowed you to double click on a word, and it popped up a toolbox that gave you the definition.

When I tried it today, it said "Google Dictionary is no longer available". What a crock! That was an extremely useful tool.
Thewhistlingwind
August 8th, 2011, 09:14 PM
And so it goes:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1065384
forrestcupp
August 8th, 2011, 09:18 PM
And so it goes:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1065384

Nice
sffvba[e0rt
August 8th, 2011, 09:53 PM
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PC_load_letter
August 9th, 2011, 02:17 PM
I recently installed a Firefox extension for Google Dictionary and Translate. It allowed you to double click on a word, and it popped up a toolbox that gave you the definition.

When I tried it today, it said "Google Dictionary is no longer available". What a crock! That was an extremely useful tool.

Still works in Chrome, maybe they just dropped the FF support?
Here: http://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/mgijmajocgfcbeboacabfgobmjgjcoja
forrestcupp
August 9th, 2011, 03:03 PM
Still works in Chrome, maybe they just dropped the FF support?
Here: http://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/mgijmajocgfcbeboacabfgobmjgjcoja

It would still work for translations, but there's no way that it could still work for the dictionary. Google completely got rid of their standalone dictionary, and that was the source. If it's still working in Chrome, then it must be something else using a different source.

Here's an article talking about it. (http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/WebNews_Detail.aspx?Type=aLIV&ID=201108080011)

And Here is a link to Google Dictionary (http://www.google.com/dictionary) so you can see for yourself.
3rdalbum
August 9th, 2011, 04:10 PM
Couldn't they rewrite it to just send the string "define: <search-term>" to Google and screen-scrape the result?
forrestcupp
August 9th, 2011, 05:31 PM
Couldn't they rewrite it to just send the string "define: <search-term>" to Google and screen-scrape the result?

Probably. I hope they do. I'm using the Dictionary ToolTip addon now. It works pretty well, but I liked the Google Dictionary one a little better.
PC_load_letter
August 9th, 2011, 08:18 PM
It would still work for translations, but there's no way that it could still work for the dictionary. Google completely got rid of their standalone dictionary, and that was the source. If it's still working in Chrome, then it must be something else using a different source.

Here's an article talking about it. (http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/WebNews_Detail.aspx?Type=aLIV&ID=201108080011)

And Here is a link to Google Dictionary (http://www.google.com/dictionary) so you can see for yourself.

I followed the links you provided and I see it's not there, but then the Dictionary plugin (by Google) is still working in Chrome, here:
http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/6681/screenshotmsk.png

So I guess we're probably talking about two different things.
forrestcupp
August 10th, 2011, 12:58 AM
I followed the links you provided and I see it's not there, but then the Dictionary plugin (by Google) is still working in Chrome, here:

So I guess we're probably talking about two different things.

That's weird. I'm sure the Chrome plugin was programmed differently, so maybe they're using Google in a different way. That's cool that it still works for you.