I also use the panel view to find definitions. It works almost every time — except when I'm trying to find a definition of a term with more than one word. Anyway, I support this suggestion. I also like the "Define in Google" because it can be really useful in some cases, for example, expressions that aren't in the Dictionary.app available languages.
Regards Filipe On Jan 25, 5:54 pm, brh <[email protected]> wrote: > In case you need further convincing, let me give one more reason why > it's a problem (for me, at least)... I have my 'Look Up In Dictionary' > contextual menu set to use the 'Panel' rather than opening > Dictionary.app. This is quicker on my eyes (the panel opens up right > on the word I'm already looking at), and it seems quicker on the > system as well... If Fluid was using this instead of the 'define in > Google,' my MenuExtra SSBs would stay open when I looked up a word. > The 'define in Google' option opens up the definition in Safari, > closing the menubar. I realize I can add google.com* to my list to > open in the SSB, but that wouldn't really be ideal either. > > Anyway, thanks for the response! > Brian > > On Jan 22, 5:55 pm, [email protected] wrote: > > > hm, interesting. I actually purposely removed the 'define in > > dictionary.app' item in favor of the 'define in google' item.. in my > > experience, the switching to Dictionary.app is always painfully slow, > > not to mention jarring in that you have to launch and switch > > applications. that was why i favored the google approach. > > > however, i see your point about tighter system integration, and that > > is supposed to be one of the benefits of fluid. so i may add that back > > in. > > > td > > > On Jan 20, 6:22 pm, brh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hello! > > > I use quite a few Fluid Instances, and overall I love the app. The one > > > thing that always bugs me is that in the contextual message box, the > > > option to look up a word goes to Google Define instead of using the > > > native OS X dictionary. For the most part, Fluid Instances integrate > > > well into the OS, and feel like "Mac Apps," but this one thing really > > > throws me off... It'd be nice to have an option to use the built-in > > > dictionary instead of the web-based one... > > > > One other minor issue is that I'd like to have Save As… in the > > > contextual menu. I'd also like this to work more like Safari in two > > > ways - Web Archive as the default format (or at least remember the > > > format I saved in between Instance runs), and set the file name to the > > > name of the current page. > > > > Thanks, > > > Brian --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "fluidapp" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/fluidapp?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
