From Scott.Copus at wku.edu  Fri Mar  3 11:18:42 2006
From: Scott.Copus at wku.edu (Scott Copus)
Date: Fri Mar  3 12:19:21 2006
Subject: [Dictionarysearch] Words get lowercased in the target URL
Message-ID: <44087A72.5080704@wku.edu>

Hi,

Using DictionarySearch 1.5 on both Firefox and Thunderbird.  Great 
extension.  However, I have a question/suggestion.

I also use DictionarySearch to send 'words' to other sites... like 
Wikipedia.  For example, I have this as an option....

Search Wikipedia for "$"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/$

It works most of the time... unless the word I'm looking for happens to 
be all uppercased.  For example, if I try to do a Wikipedia search for 
USFF, the DictionarySearch extension will send out the URL as 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usff.  When it does this, the Wikipedia 
site will not bring up the article... since the extension lower-cased 
all but the first letter before sending it out.  Is there an easy 
workaround for this... or can it be fixed?

thanks,
Scott
From khiraly123 at gmx.net  Tue Mar 28 09:45:46 2006
From: khiraly123 at gmx.net (Khiraly)
Date: Tue Mar 28 02:50:37 2006
Subject: [Dictionarysearch] Access keys
Message-ID: <1143531947.15391.0.camel@localhost.localdomain>

Hi!

I was recently switched from firefox 1.0.x to 1.5.x. I installed my
preferred extensions, and I have problem with dictionary search
extension.

I didnt find the access key options in the preferences, this way the
quick word-searching is impossible. I have readed the changelogs, and I
discovered, that the access key options was removed. Can I ask why was
removed this really useful option?

What is the simplest method to port this feature from the older versions
of dictionnarySearch?

It would be perfectly okey for me, if the access key option could be
configured from the prefs.js and cant be accessed from the gui
preference.

I used the dictionnarySearch extension this way:
double-click on the word -> right click -> access key (X/Z)

For people with touchpad the mouse-only way is really painful.

Thanks in advance.

Khiraly

ps: I tried to diffs the 1.5.x and the 0.9.3 version of dictionnary
search, but failed to obtain the real difference between the two
versions.

From jaap at haitsma.org  Tue Mar 28 22:06:20 2006
From: jaap at haitsma.org (Jaap Haitsma)
Date: Tue Mar 28 15:07:19 2006
Subject: [Dictionarysearch] Access keys
In-Reply-To: <1143531947.15391.0.camel@localhost.localdomain>
References: <1143531947.15391.0.camel@localhost.localdomain>
Message-ID: <1143576381.5350.3.camel@guzzi>

On Tue, 2006-03-28 at 09:45 +0200, Khiraly wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I was recently switched from firefox 1.0.x to 1.5.x. I installed my
> preferred extensions, and I have problem with dictionary search
> extension.
> 
> I didnt find the access key options in the preferences, this way the
> quick word-searching is impossible. I have readed the changelogs, and I
> discovered, that the access key options was removed. Can I ask why was
> removed this really useful option?

Many people found it confusing to use. I got many reports of people not
knowing what to put there and consequently were unable to configure DS

> What is the simplest method to port this feature from the older versions
> of dictionnarySearch?

Look at the diffs between an older version and the current version


> It would be perfectly okey for me, if the access key option could be
> configured from the prefs.js and cant be accessed from the gui
> preference.
> 
> I used the dictionnarySearch extension this way:
> double-click on the word -> right click -> access key (X/Z)
> 
> For people with touchpad the mouse-only way is really painful.

I use it that way, but I guess tastes differ.

Jaap

From khiraly123 at gmx.net  Tue Mar 28 23:30:23 2006
From: khiraly123 at gmx.net (Khiraly)
Date: Tue Mar 28 16:33:22 2006
Subject: [Dictionarysearch] Access keys
In-Reply-To: <1143576381.5350.3.camel@guzzi>
References: <1143531947.15391.0.camel@localhost.localdomain>
	<1143576381.5350.3.camel@guzzi>
Message-ID: <1143581423.5459.7.camel@localhost.localdomain>

2006. 03. 28, kedd keltez?ssel 22.06-kor Jaap Haitsma ezt ?rta:

> Many people found it confusing to use. I got many reports of people not
> knowing what to put there and consequently were unable to configure DS
> 
Its perfectly good (for me) to have this option in prefs.js and dont
have any gui access to this access keys function. So for the mass its
not confusing, and the heavy users are happy too.

Or create an advanced tab on the preferences.

> Look at the diffs between an older version and the current version

I'll try to figure out, but its not easy, since the directory names
changed and the .xul thing is a bit confusing. (Anyway I dont need any
gui modification)

> I use it that way, but I guess tastes differ.

Matter of habit and speed.

Khiraly