Recommendations for Extension

[W1ndburn]

Hi River,

Firstly, just want to say this is by far the best extension I've seen when it comes to finding definitions and enabling easy translations, so thank you for all that you do!

If I could provide a couple recs (and keep in mind I'm a neophyte when it comes to this stuff), it would be great if users were able to:

1. Select a default dictionary that is utilized when defining words outside of the double-click functionality, and
2. Improving recognition of loanwords, especially within English dictionaries and for words that have accents present. Paradigmatic example is détente.

Again, want to reiterate that this is by far the best Language/Dictionary extension I've ever used, so thank you for your enterprise in creating something so beneficial for us.

[river]

@W1ndburn
Thank you for you feedback, I am super glad you like it.

Select a default dictionary that is utilized when defining words outside of the double-click functionality

Yep, that's exactly in my roadmap, and it would be added in the near future. Stay tuned.

Improving recognition of loanwords, especially within English dictionaries and for words that have accents present. Paradigmatic example is détente.

That's interesting. I haven't thought about this before. I would hope AI could achieve this. I will definitely put this in consideration when implementing the AI definition.

[W1ndburn]

@river Love it man, thank you!

[river]

@W1ndburn
Hi, happy new year. With the release of V7.0.0 I can finally say that this issue has been solved in a certain degree.

when defining words outside of the double-click functionality

Now with AI lookup, the gap can finally be filled, largely, as now AI can provide much better explanation of any word in the given context, be it a meme, an Internet slang, or even gibberish.

Improving recognition of loanwords, especially within English dictionaries and for words that have accents present. Paradigmatic example is détente.

For this specific example word détente, both dictionary and AI can look it up, you just need to check the tickbox of Look up French words in the settings. But I can see that AI has a better contextual explanation of it as it knows the context, and can explain it's usage and origin in English.

Select a default dictionary...

In the future releases, I will think about how to do it.

[W1ndburn]

@river Happy New Year! Tried out the AI lookup and it's great-- really language is the perfect use case for LLMs at this point.

Want to mention because I think it's important, but when you select "Look up _____ words", it seems the definition will be in the language of the selected language.

To support you, is it easier to buy you a coffee or subscribe to the Pro version?

[river]

@W1ndburn

but when you select "Look up _____ words", it seems the definition will be in the language of the selected language.

Aha, that's a good catch. When it's a French (or German) word, the source of the dictionary lookup is Google (fallback to Wiktionary if can't find on Google), and I did a little bit over-engineering to try getting French explanation first. I will try to fix it in the next version.

To support you, is it easier to buy you a coffee or subscribe to the Pro version?

Subscription is nice, but only when you really want it

You could support me in the following ways:

1. Star it on GitHub
   A star on Github is a big boost for an open-source programmer like me.
   https://github.com/pnlpal/dictionariez

2. Share it on Social Media
   This helps increase Dictionariez’s reach, motivates me, and may also benefit your friends and audience.

3. Subscribe to PNL Pro
   That's the ultimate support I guess, one day this project could be not just a side project, it can be my main focus and long-term dream....

[river]

@W1ndburn
Good news again. With the newly released V7.1.0, you will get English definitions for any French words.
Not just that, even if French lookup is not enabled, you will still get definitions for borrow words like café, détente, naïve, or jalapeño, which are common in English texts but often tripped up the dictionary because of their accents. Dictionariez now smartly recognizes these accented words as English when you are reading in an English context.
(It's now already available on Firefox, and needs a few more days for review on Chrome webstore and Edge addons. Stay tuned!)

https://pnl.dev/topic/1050/dutch-greek-hindi-persian-and-much-more-dictionariez-v7-1-0

Thank you again for the feedback, it was just on target

[W1ndburn]

@river Awesome update. Also just subscribed!

Excited to see how far you can take this. Happy New Year!

[river]

@W1ndburn
Thank you. That really motivates me keep making it better and better!