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I just wanted to start a thread saying how much I've come to love that little Dictionary.app. I've recently been doing a lot of proof-reading and it's so handy. It's little brother - that small dictionary panel that can pop up in cocoa apps is great too.
It just seems like something a computer should have. I don't know if Apple supplies non-English users a version in their native language, I hope so though. I'm actually British, but it still works fine for the vast majority of words (it normally has the British word in there too).
I just found it occasionally has pictures you can click on to enlarge as well, great.
Its widget is a let down though - you can't select text in it.
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Originally Posted by monkeybrain
I don't know if Apple supplies non-English users a version in their native language
No.
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Oh that is pretty bad, I suppose this might be an issue with licensing? They should look into incorporating one of the free online dictionaries for other languages. Imagine how cool it would be to have a complete dictionary for every language that OS X ships in, in every copy.
Perhaps if someone starts a petition etc. for other languages they will take note.
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OmniDictionary is freeware and has a French localization (though the definitions are returned in English, quel domage).
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Originally Posted by monkeybrain
Perhaps if someone starts a petition etc. for other languages they will take note.
I'm quite certain that a petition will do nothing to increase their awareness.
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As with anything Apple does, international support is sadly down-prioritized. Most countries don't even have native spelling.
I do love it for writing english though, which is what I do 90% of the time.
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And the rest of the time, he writes in Australian!
He's got Kangaroos loose in the top paddock, that one does.
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signatures are a waste of bandwidth
especially ones with political tripe in them.
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I would like to see a built in Spanish dictionary. Still, nothing beats diccionarios.com for Spanish. Worth the subscription. Absoloutly worth the subscription.
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Originally Posted by Weyland-Yutani
I would like to see a built in Spanish dictionary.
I wouldn't mind a Spanish dictionary, but a German one would be way more useful.
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Originally Posted by TETENAL
I wouldn't mind a Spanish dictionary, but a German one would be way more useful.
Spanish is the second most widely spoken language in the United States and the entire Western world.
But I am curious, why would a German dictionary.app be way more useful?
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Originally Posted by Weyland-Yutani
Spanish is the second most widely spoken language in the United States and the entire Western world.
That may be, but it's only the sixth most used language by Mac OS X users.
http://update.omnigroup.com/
Originally Posted by Weyland-Yutani
But I am curious, why would a German dictionary.app be way more useful?
Because it's my native language.
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on-line Apple Store (USA market)…
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Originally Posted by TETENAL
Quite, but as you well know people don't always use the OS in their native language. Even if available. A dictionary would be convenient for them though because they still write and speak their native language.
Originally Posted by TETENAL
Because it's my native language.
Yes, I figured as much, but you should then have written: but a German one would be way more useful to me.
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Originally Posted by angelmb
on-line Apple Store (USA market)…
but does it include a spanish dictionary.app ?
I would think that makes the default language spanish (as in default localization), wich would be rather useless since Mac OS X includes the Spanish localization.
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Originally Posted by Kristoff
And the rest of the time, he writes in Australian!
He's got Kangaroos loose in the top paddock, that one does.
What the hell are you on about?
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