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This is a truly delightful dictionary! I put together a tool to improve the formatting somewhat the last time this went around: https://github.com/aparks517/co

This is a truly delightful dictionary! I put together a tool to improve the formatting somewhat the last time this went around: https://github.com/aparks517/convert-websters https://github.com/aparks517/convert-websters And also an iOS app: https://itunes.apple.com/app/id943993346 https://itunes.apple.com/app/id943993346 I’ve also been collecting patches to correct typographical errors which I’ve been meaning to post somewhere. I’ve met lots of neat folks through this project!

playpause 7y ago
The app isn’t currently available in the UK, any way you can change that?
- blago 7y ago
  Try this app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id1397172520 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id1397172520
  - nihalot 7y ago
    Works in India too, thanks!
nihalot 7y ago
The app is unavailable in the Indian App store.
roryokane 7y ago
I tried installing both your convert-websters and https://github.com/mortenjust/webster-mac https://github.com/mortenjust/webster-mac linked elsewhere in this thread, and I think I prefer the other one, webster-mac. It is almost the same as yours, but its font size is more similar to the font size of the built-in dictionary, and it displays words as lower-case (though they are still listed in upper-case). Even though the webster-mac version improperly renders proper nouns as lower-case, I think that is a better tradeoff given that I know that I shouldn’t depend on the dictionary for capitalization, as lower-case letters make terms easier to read. However, I don’t think I’ll be setting webster-mac as my default dictionary. macOS’s built-in New Oxford American Dictionary may have less colorful descriptions of the words, but it has features that greatly enhance readability that neither version of Webster’s has: • Quotes are visually distinguished from definitions. • The font size is consistent with other dictionaries. • It describes pronunciation for each word (supporting two formats: diacritical or IPA). • The correct capitalization of every word is demonstrated, both in the entry and in the index. • It uses proper typography, avoiding fake dashes “--”.

playpause 7y ago

The app isn’t currently available in the UK, any way you can change that?

blago 7y ago
Try this app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id1397172520 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id1397172520
- nihalot 7y ago
  Works in India too, thanks!

nihalot 7y ago

The app is unavailable in the Indian App store.

roryokane 7y ago

I tried installing both your convert-websters and https://github.com/mortenjust/webster-mac https://github.com/mortenjust/webster-mac linked elsewhere in this thread, and I think I prefer the other one, webster-mac. It is almost the same as yours, but its font size is more similar to the font size of the built-in dictionary, and it displays words as lower-case (though they are still listed in upper-case). Even though the webster-mac version improperly renders proper nouns as lower-case, I think that is a better tradeoff given that I know that I shouldn’t depend on the dictionary for capitalization, as lower-case letters make terms easier to read. However, I don’t think I’ll be setting webster-mac as my default dictionary. macOS’s built-in New Oxford American Dictionary may have less colorful descriptions of the words, but it has features that greatly enhance readability that neither version of Webster’s has: • Quotes are visually distinguished from definitions. • The font size is consistent with other dictionaries. • It describes pronunciation for each word (supporting two formats: diacritical or IPA). • The correct capitalization of every word is demonstrated, both in the entry and in the index. • It uses proper typography, avoiding fake dashes “--”.