WordWeb 2.2

[Tramp]

"The free thesaurus and dictionary for Windows.
Definitions and synonyms
Proper nouns
Related words
New Pronunciations
142 000 root words
117 000 synonym sets
Look up words in almost any program"
http://wordweb.info/free

 

[-½cut]

"The free thesaurus and dictionary for Windows.
Definitions and synonyms
Proper nouns
Related words
New Pronunciations
142 000 root words
117 000 synonym sets
Look up words in almost any program"
http://wordweb.info/free

I used to use WordWeb, but then they changed it to run memory-resident.
So unless you leave it running all the time it's a double click to fire
it up, a double click to access it, type in your word and then right-
click and exit to kill it again.

So I switched to this:
Pardon2
http://www.softbear.no/pardon/introduction.shtml
Double click to start it, use it and "X" it to kill. AND it does
missing-letter type crossword-solving which you have to pay extra for in
WordWeb. AND it's got access to online dictionaries if the word you want
isn't onboard.

 

[Tramp]

|I used to use WordWeb, but then they changed it to run memory-resident.
|So unless you leave it running all the time it's a double click to fire
|it up, a double click to access it, type in your word and then right-
|click and exit to kill it again.
<snip>

Interesting. All I have to do is double click on it to start it. It lets
me X out of it no problem.

 

[Patrick D.]

So I switched to this:
Pardon2
http://www.softbear.no/pardon/introduction.shtml
Double click to start it, use it and "X" it to kill. AND it does
missing-letter type crossword-solving which you have to pay extra for
in WordWeb. AND it's got access to online dictionaries if the word
you want isn't onboard.

Seems like WordWeb's resident task bar thing is optional; I just installed
2.2, and there was an option that was "not recommended", but an option
nonetheless. I open WordWeb only through a double-click and close it with
the 'X'.

Pardon2 looks interesting. Some things it lacks are synonyms/antonyms, but
it does have sample sentences, and being able to see the entire list of
words can be helpful if you don't know exactly how a word is spelled.

The crossword feature is amazing!

 

[prefuse 73]

lucat bene, der "-½cut" <halfcut@DIE_SPAMMERstalkingsheep.co.uk> goh,
a hunnert truxx inero, sumwit kowz n' sumwit duxx on 17 Jul 2003
20:06:00 GMT:

I used to use WordWeb, but then they changed it to run memory-resident.

which is optional. just disable it...

So unless you leave it running all the time it's a double click to fire
it up, a double click to access it, type in your word and then right-
click and exit to kill it again.

not so. just create a shortcut to it in your quick launch bar. its
then just a single-click.

So I switched to this:

*snip*

...
the naked music collection:
http://www.astralwerks.com/naked/
a site worth hearing.

 

[prefuse 73]

lucat bene, der Tramp <[email protected]> goh, a hunnert
truxx inero, sumwit kowz n' sumwit duxx on Thu, 17 Jul 2003 15:42:31
-0400:

"The free thesaurus and dictionary for Windows.
Definitions and synonyms
Proper nouns
Related words
New Pronunciations
142 000 root words
117 000 synonym sets
Look up words in almost any program"
http://wordweb.info/free

thanks. this has always been a great program!

...
the naked music collection:
http://www.astralwerks.com/naked/
a site worth hearing.

 

[Blinky the Shark]

|I used to use WordWeb, but then they changed it to run memory-resident.
|So unless you leave it running all the time it's a double click to fire
|it up, a double click to access it, type in your word and then right-
|click and exit to kill it again.
<snip>

Interesting. All I have to do is double click on it to start it. It lets
me X out of it no problem.

Are there any Win local front ends for dict.com? I run a little util
that puts a text box[1] in the equivalent of my Task Bar. Type or copy in
a word, and [Enter] pops up a window with definitions from various
sources at dict.com. Takes less then three seconds on my dialup. I
wasn't familiar with such an animal.

http://dict.com

[1]It has a history dropdown, for when I look something up and have
already forgot what it said, five minutes later.

 

[Tiger]

http://dict.com

dict.org.

There's a java version here:http://www.dict.org/links.html

--
Tiger

"If I am capable of grasping God objectively, I do not believe; but
precisely because I cannot do this, I must believe."
- Soren Kierkegaard

 

[Blinky the Shark]

dict.org.

YES. My bad.

There's a java version here:http://www.dict.org/links.html

And some other languages, as well. Thanks.

That's my first-line lookup. If I need more, I use

http://bartleby.com