I updated Firefox, lost The Free Dictionary's some essential fucntions, cannot get them back. The TFD now only works in English. What to do?
I updated Firefox to 10.0.2 and lost the functionality of The Free Dictionary. I reinstalled TFD, but now it only works in English. Say, I read a German webpage, highlight a word, the dictionary goes to look for it in the English dictionary. Before I had all the versions I needed, and the dictionary went automatically into the right one. And before I could have the toolbar installed, now there is no option for this either. What should I do?
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Hi Maurizio, I asked you about a problem with the free dictionary. I found the solution, which actually was not technical. In case someone else has the same, this is what I did not understand: When I highlight a word in a text in other language than English, the dictionary gives me an explanation in English, i.e. "word not found", but when I then press "search", the dictionary connects me into the appropriate dictionary. It functions even in Chinese! So, problem sorted out. The dictionary is not as good as before, but still, it works. Un saludo, Markku
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Did you try to click on Firefox button, go to the add-ons section and configure this add-on?
Thank you for your advice. I tried to configure the TFD, but all the option fields (Predefined Components, Useful Components and My Applications were blank. So I could not do anything at all. Just to mention, I have the English dict., but it's not visible on my screen, just appears, when I check a word. I'm not sure, whether this is normal with the new version of the TFD or not?
Well, for me it worked just the way you said you plugin is working. Just appears when I select a word and always go on the english dictionary, so I have to look for the right term on the website (On the windows on the bottom of the page). I think it changed it's way of working, but I'll try to discover something more.
Before, when I was reading German news and highlighted a word, I had it shown in the TFD bar. When I clicked on the TFD icon, it gave me the explanation in German. Same happen with Russian, Spanish and Chinese, others I have not used. So, with the TFD bar I have lost these languages. It's a pity, as I do not need the English dictionary by far as often as the Chinese one, for example:)
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Hi Maurizio, I asked you about a problem with the free dictionary. I found the solution, which actually was not technical. In case someone else has the same, this is what I did not understand: When I highlight a word in a text in other language than English, the dictionary gives me an explanation in English, i.e. "word not found", but when I then press "search", the dictionary connects me into the appropriate dictionary. It functions even in Chinese! So, problem sorted out. The dictionary is not as good as before, but still, it works. Un saludo, Markku
Nice to hear your problem is kind of solved MarkkuET. Would you please mark your own answer as the solution for this question? Thanks ;D