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Originally Posted by catsittingstill
It seems to me that Adobe's original contention was not "nobody wants a dictionary" and not "nobody needs a dictionary" but rather "nobody *uses* a dictionary."
I'd say that the votes and responses on this thread make it pretty clear that a lot of people who read e-books (but not everyone, granted) uses a dictionary at least sometimes.
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I suspect that, for many people, it's a feature that they don't realise the utility of until they actually have it. When I had a Sony Reader, for example, I never gave a second thought to dictionary support - I never look words up in a dictionary while reading a paper book, so why should I do so in an eBook?
It was only when I bought an iLiad, and then later, a CyBook, both of which have MobiPocket dictionary support, that I found that the ability to immediately look up the meaning of a word encouraged me to actually do so. Now, having had it, it's a feature I wouldn't like to be without.