Something New in Firefox?

Tue

May 29 2007

01:54 pm

By: redmondkr

I have just discovered something that the rest of you have probably been using for months. Answers 2.2.27 extension for Firefox allows you to ALT-Click on a word in browser text and bring up a small window from answers.com with an instant definition. It's sometimes handy for keeping up with metulj's posts as they can often sail right over my head.

If you knew about the extension already, please disregard my enthusiasm, and why didn't you tell me about it? If you told me already, I'm sorry, I forgot, I'm old, gimme a break.

Carry on and here's wishing a nice day for all my friends on the other side of this monitor glass.

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Or, on your Mac...

Submitted by Andy Axel on Tue, 2007/05/29 - 1:58pm.

Or, on the Mac, highlight and right click on the word, and use the option "search in Dictionary." Works on any app.

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Am I the only solipsist here?

too kewl...

Submitted by talidapali on Tue, 2007/05/29 - 2:18pm.

I really need to explore the Firefox website more often...thanks for the new extension!!!!

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"You can't fix stupid..." ~ Ron White"

"I never said I wasn't a brat..." ~ Talidapali

For those still using IE,

Submitted by R. Neal on Tue, 2007/05/29 - 2:22pm.

For those still using IE, the iespell spell-checker plugin also adds a right-click menu to lookup terms on Merriam-Webster or Wikipedia. I think you can customize the list of online dictionaries, too.

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