Version 2009.03.22

jwlee
 March 23, 2009, 01:37 AM posted in General Discussion

After extensive testing and polishing, WeLoveChinesePod 2009.03.22 has been released! This release contains several bug fixes and new features (since 2009.02.09), such as toggle buttons in the study pages to easily:

  • switch between traditional and simplified Chinese characters
  • show or hide the original Chinese text
  • show or hide the English semantic translations
  • show or hide the pinyin sentence translations
  • switch between highly readable tooltips and character annotations (with literal translations accompanied by pinyin or bopomofo pronunciation symbols) to provide extra character information
  • make the study page suitable for printing

For more information, downloads and a complete list of changes, please see the recently updated webpage at wlcp.googlecode.com. Comments and feedback are highly appreciated! (Stories and other accounts of using this software are great, too.)

Thank you to Andrew, Brent and David for extremely helpful feedback as this release was prepared.

Usage note: WLCP is only designed to work using Firefox, although it may work with other browers as well. It does not work with Internet Explorer. To edit the wlcpod.ini file, any text editor on Linux or Mac OS should work; on Windows, Notepad does not work due to incorrect handling of linefeeds, so use an editor such as WordPad instead. (Thanks to RJ for reporting these issues, as well as providing other instructions below.)

Jonathan

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RJ
 March 22, 2009, 06:04 PM

Working good now!  Had some problems using with IE6 but in firefox, no issues.

I think a short tutorial on how to edit the ini file would be helpful.

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RJ
 March 22, 2009, 06:57 PM

Actually once you have had your coffee its not so hard.

 

To edit ini file to prevent having to manually add username and password each time you run the program, change the following lines by removing the ; at the begining of each line and replacing the dummy variables with your info as follows:

;email = hello@gmail.com
; password = social-insurance-number

change to:

email = your email
password = your password

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RJ
 March 23, 2009, 09:07 AM

This really is useful. Just wanted to bump it one more time so it isnt missed. I know several people were waiting for it to be fixed.

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calkins
 March 30, 2009, 01:04 PM

Finally got a chance to take this for a spin.  WOW!  You guys have outdone yourselves with this version.

I love all the new toggles, and the "Make page suitable for printing" function is perfect.

I also tried the "WLCP to Pleco" function, and it still works like a charm.

I've been a slacker on Cpod lately, partly because I've missed using WLCP.  Now it's better than ever, many thanks Jon and Andrew!  It is a really powerful tool.  RJ, thanks for the password tip.

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andrew_c
 March 30, 2009, 01:16 PM

all thanks go to Jon.

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calkins
 March 30, 2009, 01:24 PM

Andrew, you could say the same thing about Steve Jobs...but without Steve Wozniak, there would be no Apple computers ;-)