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Originally Posted by naisren
With the javascript part, I always think it is excellent for this reader software, which make the mobi reader more attractive. I checked many official mobi dics, old or new, almost every dic uses the javascript.
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AFAIK a dictionary has to use JavaScript to implement the search form to locate a specific entry.
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The javascript in mobi is not perfect yet, which is a good point when a professional ebook, such as medical one, needs simple table handling inquiry. Sooner or later Kindle would fell obliged to apply the javasript into different platforms readers.
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I doubt that Amazon will port the JavaScript support for the Kindle and the Kindle apps, as for dictionary lookup within a book it's unnecessary and apart from dictionaries there seem to be very few books using JavaScript.
I'm just wondering, if you want to use the dictionary with Mobipocket Reader, what is your reason to unpack and repack it?
I created the dictionary support for mobunpack just because the dictionary I want to use in the Kindle app has a very wasteful formatting which means in most cases the content of the popup window doesn't contain the relevant information and I have to switch to the full dictionary display, which is rather inconvenient.
So I unpacked the dictionary, removed the javascript stuff and reformatted it and now most of the time the popup window content is sufficient.
Ciao,
Steffen