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Originally Posted by Terisa de morgan
Yes, it's OK but, as I've said, ... there's world outside English language  With Mobipocket you're able to buy the dictionaries that suit better to you and to add them to your reader. And I can use the same dictionary in my Palm and my Opus, for example. If there's no spec you're tied to the manufacturer (even more than with DRM). |
Although the majority of my library is in English, Spanish and French are well represented, as well as a smattering of Gaelic and Polish (język polski is a struggle) so I really didn't mean to imply that English is the whole of the world.
You're absolutely right that until ePub defines and standardizes dictionary support, an ePub dictionary will be unportable to other devices for lookups. However, Kindle dictionaries are only usable on Kindle devices/apps, so the end result of being tied to the manufacturer is the same. And, if you'll pardon me for being Kindle-centric in the Kindle forum, Mobipocket dictionaries aren't usable on Kindle without chicanery beyond the scope of this discussion.