Firefox 3 Mouseover Dictionary Plugin
trevelyan
June 22, 2008, 01:37 PM posted in General DiscussionHi guys,
Joannah posted earlier about difficulties installing her perakun plugin under Firefox 3. I haven't been able to dredge up that thread, but wanted to post a link to a more updated version we've released:
http://adsotrans.com/plugin/install.html
This version is similar to perakun in the sense that it also uses the Adso dictionary and provides translations/pinyin for Chinese text on mouseover. The interface is standardized Adso-style and the backend code is designed for Chinese rather than Japanese texts. We've automated the process of producing the database and will be releasing regular dictionary updates as well, which should benefit the perakun community too.
The code itself is "hot off the press", and hasn't been tested in anything but Windows and Linux. Please report any issues you run into and they will be fixed promptly.
Cheers from Beijing,
--dave
miantiao
August 07, 2009, 09:12 AM那个女孩怎么长得这么漂亮，那个老头子想，不可思议，老头子站着向那位美丽的女孩发呆，开始流口水。女孩感到害怕，向老头子给他打了几顿，老头子醒来了做个道歉 ‘不好意思，美女，你怎么了？’，哼，女孩生气道‘你这个不可救药的色鬼，干嘛问我我怎么了啊，看一下嘛，笨蛋！’。 老头子想了又想低着头看望半皮西瓜里头的婴儿，仔细的看看而没话说，身体冻僵似的。。。
继续吧！
顺便谢谢你。nckiu 真有用。
John
June 23, 2008, 06:23 AMThanks for the support, Dave!
sweetwatermelon94
June 23, 2008, 05:47 PMThe Adso mouseover plugin only reacts on simplified characters, and it gives only one translation of many...
Chinese perapera seems a better choice.
trevelyan
June 23, 2008, 07:59 PMThanks for the feedback, guys. An updated version is online. Here are the updates:
* all dictionary definitions now display in the popup.
* it works with traditional chinese text
* better all-around support for traditional/pinyin entries (entries showing up as "unknown" or "?" have been nearly completely eliminated).
If you have suggestions please keep them coming. I'll try to fix problems as they're pointed up and update this thread accordingly. The next major improvement will probably be getting the local database to update in response to edits. It would be nice to see the changes made in real-time, without having to update the plugin all the time. There are a number of smaller issues that I've noticed too (including the strange lines that are appearing in the popup here on ChinesePod). We'll get these solved.
-------------------------------
@bazza - 你 is working for me now. I think the problem was related to the traditional character lookup problem, which is fixed. Where there are characters that don't give popups, the problem should be that they aren't in the database. We'll add them as we find them.
@marcelbdt - the plugin was ignoring all but the first definition. Fixed that and reduced the size of the english field. Not sure how I feel about the semi-colons.
sweetwatermelon94
June 27, 2008, 06:40 AMyes it works with trad. text, but displays only the ugly simplified script. So I uninstalled it.
Robert
August 07, 2009, 12:59 AMHere's the new URL: http://www.popupchinese.com/words/free_chinese_popup_dictionary_plugin
marcelbdt
June 22, 2008, 06:23 PMAdso does not seem to give all the translations it should. For instance, the only translation for 上 is "to board", which is correct, but not the whole truth.
I'm sure that adso knows more than it tells us. Chinese Pera-kun gives much more complete information, but that program should essentially know the same data as adso, right?
Tal
August 07, 2009, 03:58 AM有的人不喜欢西瓜，所以说法还是真的。
Tal
August 07, 2009, 05:53 AM你听说‘西瓜娃子’的故事吗？
miantiao
August 07, 2009, 06:11 AM没有啊！请你来给我介绍一下
Tal
August 07, 2009, 08:46 AM很久以前，一个织布工听到人在他的家门口外面哭了。他觉得很奇怪。外面倾盆大雨，天黑了。他一点害怕，然而他打开门。那儿有一位女孩子，她一边哭了一边拿着半个西瓜皮，在半个西瓜里面有一个小婴儿。
你继续吧！
bazza
June 22, 2008, 05:24 PMHow come 你 is unknown?