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Handy Dictionary v0.7

• fix for oxford dictionary compact mode
  • compact mode was not displaying title after oxford dictionary website interface was changed
• WeakMap is adopted in case Node.getUserData is not available
  • bug 842372: The Node.getUserData and Node.setUserData methods are no longer available from Web contents
  • Obsolete since Gecko 22 (Firefox 22)

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Handy Dictionary v0.6

• fail safe compact mode
  • by default if details not found during word lookup in compact mode, automatically result is displayed in classic mode
  • this can be changed using "Preferences", de-select the checkbox next to compact mode
  • in above case pop-up displays error along with following options, which user has to select manually:
    • Display Result in Classic Mode
    • Change Settings to use Classic Mode
• fail safe classic mode
  • if word is not found then suggestions are displayed if present in the response
  • also list of dictionary is displayed in which current word can be searched by clicking on respective link
• dynamic css for classic mode
  • previously static list was used, which may not work if website changes css
  • now css are extracted from response in order to display result in native look
• auto close
  • if selected pop-up will automatically close after specified time
• status bar changes
  • based on user feedback, add-on/status bar button is shortened and color-coding is used for current status
  • for valid website/host one more button next to status button which can be used to enable/disable tool for given website
  • now user can enabled/disable tool for given website using statusbar and toolbar menu
• customize keyboard shortcuts
  • now user can customize keyboard shortcuts using toolbar menu
• popup changes for classic mode
  • current dictionary label is displayed in title bar
  • "Preferences" link is displayed on title of popup
  • "Open in new tab" renamed to "more"
• fix
  • fix for manual search, now phrase can be searched
  • some minor fix for cambridge dictionary after website interface is changed
  • fix for case where frame is selected and event not dispatched on doc for close shortcut

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Handy Dictionary v0.5 16-Mar-2013

• fix for cambridge dictionary compact mode
  • Compact mode was not displaying details from cambridge dictionary after website interface changed
• CSS updated for classic mode
  • several dictionary websites changed styles/interface, so latest css to be used for classic dictionary updated

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Handy Dictionary v0.4

• Restart-less
  • From next time there will be no restart required to receive updates
• Enable tool for form elements
  • double click on words to lookup inside input-box/text-area OR
  • right click on input-box/text-area and perform lookup
• Fix, positioning of pop-up when click near right/bottom edge.
  • Pop-up will be always displayed in visible window, no mater where you click
• Compact Mode
  • For advance user quick lookup (only simple definition/description) in compact mode.
• Native look for existing interface
  • Existing interface is changed to display definition in native look/style
• Keyboard shortcuts
  • Advance user can access menus/preferences using shortcuts

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Handy Dictionary v0.3 (6-Dec-2012)

• support for link/anchor
  Right click on any link and lookup words from context menu.
• select any word/phrase then right click to lookup for the same.
• dictionary selection
  select any of five dictionary for lookup using preference menu.
• suport iframe
  Content from iframe can be selected
• ui changes
  • interface color/background changed.
  • open in new tab
    Opens dictionary website in seperate tab
  • lookup manually
    Manually perform lookup operation.
  • escape button to close popup
    Keyboard event is attached so that pressing the "escape" button will close inline popup.
• localization support
  • internally refactored to support additional locales in future.
• fix iframe related issue in html response from dictionary
• fix related with manual enable/disable
• fix for webpage containning frameset