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It took me about a minute before I was prompted to create an account and another minute before I was prompted to sign up for a subscription. I'd gotten through

It took me about a minute before I was prompted to create an account and another minute before I was prompted to sign up for a subscription. I'd gotten through about 4 sentences in total (I clicked a fair bit since I'm still learning the language). I'd happily pay $4 a month / $30 a year. I really like the Chrome extension as well. Here are some of the features I'd thought of adding to my (now cancelled) project: Being able to see the meaning and usages of a word with a hover of some sort. I find it annoying to keep clicking on the right hand side to pull up the definition. Additionally, a number of definitions are just not available. Something I find myself doing a lot is selecting and trying to right click. The 8 word limit on phrases means I'm stuck with typing stuff into Google Translate. For longer sentences context gets lost and so the translations are not accurate. Being able to collect personal word lists. This is great for learning which is my primary intended use. Keep in mind that I'm a beginner and the requirements of someone at an intermediate level might be very different. Hope this helps and I'm looking forward to using it even more!

steveridout 13y ago
Adding a hover pop up after selecting a word/phrase could be a nice feature. It would be easier to implement if I had my own database of definitions/translations instead of relying on external dictionaries in an iframe like the current sidebar. Note that one of the reasons I've avoided implementing important features on hover so far is to ensure that everything works well on touch devices. Not sure how to enable selecting text in a nice way given the current UI. Would probably need a way to temporarily disable the current word selection feature. Hmmm... actually one way would be to add a keyboard modifier to temporarily enable native OS selecting for advanced users without cluttering the UI for regular users. Personal word lists: I've avoided tagging, folders or lists for organising words so far because I don't think I'd personally use them, but it's certainly something I'll consider for the future, especially if enough people request it. I'll keep your suggestions in mind, and if you want to encourage the development of any specific feature please add or vote for it on the uservoice page: https://readlang.uservoice.com/forums/192149-general/filters/top https://readlang.uservoice.com/forums/192149-general/filters... Thanks again!

steveridout 13y ago

Adding a hover pop up after selecting a word/phrase could be a nice feature. It would be easier to implement if I had my own database of definitions/translations instead of relying on external dictionaries in an iframe like the current sidebar. Note that one of the reasons I've avoided implementing important features on hover so far is to ensure that everything works well on touch devices. Not sure how to enable selecting text in a nice way given the current UI. Would probably need a way to temporarily disable the current word selection feature. Hmmm... actually one way would be to add a keyboard modifier to temporarily enable native OS selecting for advanced users without cluttering the UI for regular users. Personal word lists: I've avoided tagging, folders or lists for organising words so far because I don't think I'd personally use them, but it's certainly something I'll consider for the future, especially if enough people request it. I'll keep your suggestions in mind, and if you want to encourage the development of any specific feature please add or vote for it on the uservoice page: https://readlang.uservoice.com/forums/192149-general/filters/top https://readlang.uservoice.com/forums/192149-general/filters... Thanks again!