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Old 10-20-2008, 07:45 AM   #59
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Originally Posted by dhbailey View Post
I'm all for dictionary support, but I would like it to be an option, configurable by the person using the reader.

I'd like to have a "Dictionary Mode ON" option, whereby highlighting the word and double-tapping would automatically open the dictionary, showing the definition, in the other half of the screen from where the highlighted word is showing in the text.
There are benefits in doing what the Gen3 does, and simply replacing the page of the book with the page of the dictionary, showing the definition, in that then the dictionary becomes your current book, which you can page backwards and forwards through, look up additional words, etc. When I'm reading a dictionary definition I often find myself becoming interested by something else on the page, looking that up, and so on. The "Back" button takes you back through the "chain" of lookups to the book that you were originally reading.
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