A Fast, Online Dictionary
Sarah Perez on November 20th, 2006
Do we really need another online dictionary? Isn’t M-W.com and Dictionary.com enough? Well, maybe…but those pages are rather…errr…busy. Flashing ads, links to thesauruses, etc. What if you just want to quickly know the definition of a word? Personally, I found the simplicity of Ninjawords‘ online dictionary refreshing. It reminds me of the classic Google page. Search box, "look up" button, done. The Ninjawords site says they are "fast like a ninja." Hmmm…not quite. I think they could be faster. It took five whole seconds to look up a word. To me, that’s an eternity. If they could speed it up and delivery what they promise, I would use the service when all I need is a quick definition.
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hey ninjas are kool so this has to be too. thanks for the link.
Jeff
teknokool.net
Hey Sarah,
I use “The Sage”, mostly because I love Thesauruses and need a dictionary from time to time. Anyway, after installing, it takes a lot less than 5 secs to use, especially if you leave it open [and not "Always on Top"], so as to enable it by clicking on it from the taskbar. It gives you all kinds of info, especially if you leave the semaphores open - and leave them open in the default settings. More than you can ever ask for. And Oh, it’s free.
http://www.sequencepublishing.com/thesage.html
CwazyBill
Here is an update from Phil of Ninjawords:
“I saw your blog entry about ninjawords. You’re right, 5 seconds is an eternity to look up a word. Ninjawords usually serves up the definition for your word in <50ms, unless it's fetching it from wiktionary.com, which takes some time because their server is slow. Anyway, I took your comment to heart and I've (hopefully) gone andfixed that.See the updates here- http://eightpence.com/ninja-updates/”
Nice job, Phil!