Here I offer you a plugin that enhances Mac OS X Leopard’s (10.5) or Mac OS X Snow Leopard's (10.6) Dictionary.App to provide the complete German-English vocabulary from the fabulous dict.cc dictionary for offline use. It works great in Dictionary.App and other core Mac OS X services like Spotlight or Dictionary-Widget.
(Spring zur deutschen Beschreibung)
Submitted by lipflip on 2008, February 24 - 23:23
I just wrote a little Python script that imports the vocabulary data from Paul Hemetsberger's dict.cc project into Leopard's Dictionary.app.
This is great if you need this fabulous online dictionary while on the move.
Update: A new and much easier installable version can be found here.
Screenshot of the dict.cc Plugin
The code is quick 'n dirty and some strings aren't processed correctly. This is compensated by the links to OS X's build-in New Oxford American Dictionary.
Regrettably dict.cc's license prohibits redistributing the vocabulary database. So, if you want to use Dictionary.app to translate words from german to english you'll have to build it yourself:
- get my script (
just email me, about 50k download it below)
- Join the Apple Developer Connection and get the OS X Developer Tools (approx. 1 Gig)
- get dict.cc's Database
- Type
make and grab a cup of coffee :)
Submitted by lipflip on 2007, December 25 - 13:16
Digg brought up a nice desktop wallpaper with Homer stealing an apple-shaped doughnut in front of a common Aqua background. Looks really great.
Get it!
Submitted by lipflip on 2007, December 10 - 17:51
I just installed Safari AdBlock – an Ad blocker for … Safari.
I only did a quick check with some of my favorite sites, but as far as I can tell, it works really well.
Via TUAW.
Submitted by lipflip on 2007, November 28 - 13:47
After switching from Firefox to Camino/Safari the only thing I missed was the huge amount of plugins. More convenient access to search engines for example.
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