158732 - Add dictionary.com to Internet Search preferences

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(SeaMonkey :: Search, enhancement)

Description

[Philip White]

Many people that I know use dictionary.com a lot to look up words -- many more
times than they use a search engine.  It would be very convenient if alongside
Google, Netscape Search, etc., one could choose to use "Dictionary.com".  Then
you could type a word in the address bar and could choose to look it up.

URL to open: http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=%s

I already created a keyword for this ("lookup"), but just typing in the word is
more convenient if you do it many times a day, as some do.

Comment 1

[Dan Mellem]

I'd really like to see a context menu "define" that would do this query, opening
it in a new window/tab.

Comment 2

[Ricochetgod]

I think that this should be implemented just like the search function is.  I
think when you right click after you highlight some text, right under the web
search option should be define "whatever is highlighted".

Comment 3

[Steven G. Harms]

I think that this is a great feature req.  I cannot tell you how many times
during the day i pop up a new tab to dictionary.com to find out a word that I
want to learn the entymology or subtleties of.

I think there should be three ways of accessing a dictionary lookup:

I)  For the mouse-less enthusiast (me)

Type the world in with type-ahead find, wait a second, let that word become
hi-lited and then hit some magic key combination that means 'lookup hi-lited
word'.  

II)  For the mouse user

Hi-lite and get the context menu (look up this word) as suggested by Dan Mellem

III) URI bar pseudoprotocol.  Much like "about:" or "javascript", why not have
a"def:" pseudoprotocol.


IV) OK, maybe a hotkey that popped up a box where you could type the word.


The results for each of these interfaces should be display-able in either:
 A.  Toolbar Window 
 B.  New Tab
 C.  New Window

Comment 4

[ljova]

(In reply to comment #2)
> I think that this should be implemented just like the search function is.  I
> think when you right click after you highlight some text, right under the web
> search option should be define "whatever is highlighted".

That's an excellent idea.

To comment further: the Search Bar should be *configurable* to be able to use
many other search engines as well. THe Browser User should be able to manually
(if needed) configure the search URL as well as the keyword-entry procedure. For
example, I'd like to use not only "dictionary.reference.com" but also the search
engine at www.imdb.com, www.yandex.ru (russian search-engine) .. as well as any
site which has this capability.  

Comment 5

[Justin Anthony Knapp]

I think this should be closed. In case there is something I'm missing, this request is a default feature in Firefox now.

Comment 6

[Dan Mellem]

It's not done as a context menu, and isn't available in non-Firefox projects.

Comment 7

[Philip Chee]

WONTFIX. See Bug 289362 for the reason why.