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As a non-native English speaker, I need it all the time to follow conversations on Internet. I've also made a a personal acronyms database to read GCC's interna
by lgeorget 8y ago
As a non-native English speaker, I need it all the time to follow conversations on Internet. I've also made a a personal acronyms database to read GCC's internals documentation and another to translate errno codes to their constant name and vice-versa: https://github.com/lgeorget/acronymdb?files=1 https://github.com/lgeorget/acronymdb?files=1
- y4mi 8y ago> As a non-native English speaker, I need it all the time to follow conversations on Internet I found that installing the google dictionary extension[1] for chrome solved that problem for me entirely. you just doubleclick on the word and a popup opens with its definition. This extension is the primary reason I'd loath to ever to switch browsers. [1] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-dictionary-by-goog/mgijmajocgfcbeboacabfgobmjgjcoja?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-dictionary-...
- Nannooskeeska 8y agoI'm trying out switching over to Firefox and this is 100% the biggest thing I miss about Chrome. I keep double-clicking words and waiting a few seconds just for nothing to pop up.
- rationaloutlook 8y agoThere are many extensions for Firefox that provide the same functionality. Here's one: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/dictionary-extension/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/dictionary-ex... Also, if you're using Windows, you can use WordWeb (which is a full-fledged app).