Show HN: Wordsmith - jquery plugin that adds on-demand word definitions
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#2That's really nice, but double-clicking a word is not obvious. Would it be possible to show the translate icon after you hover the cursor over a word for a few seconds?
Re: Show HN: Wordsmith - jquery plugin that adds on-demand word definitions
#3Cool plugin. Would be great if the definition would load in the bubble instead of an entirely new window.
Re: Show HN: Wordsmith - jquery plugin that adds on-demand word definitions
#4Funny that is does not know what Javascript means ;)
For the rest, cool plugin and i cannot agree more with the tips by grk and imjared.
Re: Show HN: Wordsmith - jquery plugin that adds on-demand word definitions
#5Cool plugin. Would be great if the definition would load in the bubble instead of an entirely new window.
I agree, they should at least enable this plugin on word definition pages. If I want to check out another word I found in the definition I need to switch to a different interface and lose context (I also hate having to do that with my Kindle).
Re: Show HN: Wordsmith - jquery plugin that adds on-demand word definitions
#6That's really nice, but double-clicking a word is not obvious. Would it be possible to show the translate icon after you hover the cursor over a word for a few seconds?
IMHO selecting text (it doesn't detect double-clicking, it is a way to select a word implemented by the browser) is the intuitive way to do this. It gives me instant feedback and doesn't distract me when I didn't mean to hover a word while reading.
Re: Show HN: Wordsmith - jquery plugin that adds on-demand word definitions
#7Selecting multiple words returns Internal Server Error.
Re: Show HN: Wordsmith - jquery plugin that adds on-demand word definitions
#8very cool plugin. I'd like the definition to show up in a tooltip or something by default though. opening up a new window is a bit annoying.
Re: Show HN: Wordsmith - jquery plugin that adds on-demand word definitions
#9Pretty cool, but I don't like the massive branding everywhere in the definition window.
Re: Show HN: Wordsmith - jquery plugin that adds on-demand word definitions
#10Cool plugin. Would be great if the definition would load in the bubble instead of an entirely new window.
I agree, they should at least enable this plugin on word definition pages. If I want to check out another word I found in the definition I need to switch to a different interface and lose context (I also hate having to do that with my Kindle).
You don't need to switch interfaces to look up words on the Kindle. On my Kindle Keyboard, I can take the caret to just before a word for a quick definition popover. Press return from there to go to the detailed entry on the bundled Oxford Dictionary of English.