Firefox Add-on. 1-Click

News Type: Other — Wed Dec 26, 2007 1:31 PM EST

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I've been using 1-click for some time now and I have to say, it's become indispensable for web browsing. It's especially useful on Newsvine when reading some of the heavy hitters that use words whose definitions confound the hell out of me (a not too difficult task actually ;).

In a nutshell, 1-click is a dictionary that's one click away from giving you the meaning of any word your browser is capable of displaying. It's brilliantly simple... hold down the alt key and click on the word. Out jumps a pop-up window with the dictionary definition of the offending word. Simple yet brilliant. I still have Websters loaded as a search engine, but I seldom use it anymore. Why go to the trouble of highlighting a word, copying and pasting it to a search box, and having it display a new tab or browser, when the same info is only one click away? 1-click is also available for Internet Explorer and Opera. I don't use either browser, so I can't comment on how well it works with them. Here's the link for Opera and IE. I hope you find it as useful as I have.
Edit: Here's the link to the Firefox add-on that I forgot to put in when I wrote the article. Sorry for any confusion...

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Jim Dent

I've been meaning to write this for about five or six months now. Forgetfulness sucks.

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3 votes

#1 - Wed Dec 26, 2007 1:36 PM EST

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Tedd Riggs

Wonderful I love add-on's for Firefox :-) I will be glad when add-ons start working for FF3 beta !

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3 votes

#2 - Wed Dec 26, 2007 1:50 PM EST

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Tedd Riggs

Pretty neat, especially when I alt click your name :-)

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Whoa !! That worked in FireFox 3.0 Beta ! Hey that is a first....

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3 votes

#3 - Wed Dec 26, 2007 2:01 PM EST

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firsty

this is my favorite extension but it seems conflicted about firefox v3b. for me, it doesnt work yet.

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1 vote

#3.1 - Wed Dec 26, 2007 2:51 PM EST

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Jim Dent

It usually doesn't take long for an updated version to pop up. You guys have any idea when 3.0 comes out of beta?

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1 vote

#3.2 - Wed Dec 26, 2007 5:15 PM EST

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Tedd Riggs

I have not heard a world on Firefox Beta Final, actually it seemed like not much had changed as no new updates had come out since Nov. 19th. and very little bug fix's and then a major update a few days ago. I would guess very soon.

OK Back on Firefox 2.0 now, I think I messed up. When I did a search for add-ons, looking for 1-click I found nothing, But when I typed went to "Manage Search Engines" One-Click popped up in the column and I went to Ask.com which downloaded itself. However not to Firefox, but to Windows XP SP3, so now I have the Alt-One Click (Looks like a "A") sitting down in my toolbar near my clock...Is that what you have Jim ? Or did I blow it.....

Any chance it is renamed "Answers 2.2.27" ? Maybe I just found it.

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2 votes

#3.3 - Wed Dec 26, 2007 5:25 PM EST

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Jim Dent

Any chance it is renamed "Answers 2.2.27" ? Maybe I just found it.

Yup, thats the one. Sorry Ted, I should have put the link in the article. I'll edit it now...

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2 votes

#3.4 - Wed Dec 26, 2007 7:14 PM EST

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Tedd Riggs

Whoa Firefox 3.0 Beta just added the YouTube viewer.. but no 1-Click :-(....Think I will stick to memory hog Firefox 2.0, I like my add-ons to much !

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3 votes

#3.5 - Fri Jan 4, 2008 9:08 AM EST

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SuperUnspecial

Thanks Jim

I love it already! (BTW, it's Ctrl-click in Linux)

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3 votes

#4 - Wed Dec 26, 2007 4:55 PM EST

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Jim Dent

Glad you like it. It's on my 'can't do without' list.

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2 votes

#4.1 - Wed Dec 26, 2007 5:11 PM EST

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Josh of Arc

Cool and very similar to the Inline Google Definitions add-on (which has some issues with Newsvine).

- J

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2 votes

#5 - Wed Dec 26, 2007 6:03 PM EST

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gecko85

This is a nice extension. If you're using Safari, though, it's already built-in. Simply hold down Control+Command+D as you hover over any word. It'll bring up the Oxford dictionary definition, with a dropdown to change it to the Oxford thesaurus.

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3 votes

#6 - Wed Dec 26, 2007 6:22 PM EST

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Jay Butler

In Safari, you can also ctrl-click to "Look up in dictionary".

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1 vote

#6.1 - Sat Jan 5, 2008 7:23 PM EST

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Jay Butler

On a Mac, you can also use Spotlight to look up definitions (command-space and start typing the word). Or, you could place a dictionary widget in Dashboard. Not as easy as a click, but universally accessible and very handy.

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1 vote

#6.2 - Sat Jan 5, 2008 8:29 PM EST

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Johnny Yuma

Very nice tool

Thanks.

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2 votes

#7 - Wed Dec 26, 2007 7:24 PM EST

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rottlady

Hey This is great! I use IE7 with Norton anti-spy so it took a minute to install and actually work. But I figured it out (had to allow) Now it works great! Thanks You.

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3 votes

#8 - Wed Dec 26, 2007 10:59 PM EST

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Tara Sitser

Wonderful! Thanks for pointing this one out. I am a huge fan of the Merriam-Webster site and love to know the definitions and derivations of words. This add-on makes it easy to satisfy my thirst for knowledge without interrupting whatever I'm in the process of doing.

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1 vote

#9 - Thu Dec 27, 2007 2:58 AM EST

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JoTigerlily

Thanks for this, Jim. I just found the article and had to add the feature. For starters I tried it on "confound" in your explanation above (convenient). I'm familiar with this word, but was still impressed with the completeness of the definition. I'm hooked already. :)

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2 votes

#10 - Mon Dec 31, 2007 2:23 PM EST

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Jim Dent

Glad you like it. It's gotten to the point that when I'm on another computer, I feel lost without it.

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2 votes

#10.1 - Mon Dec 31, 2007 6:18 PM EST

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Ranch Hand

Thanks, I just tried the IE version and it worked great. Like you I was tired of cut and pasting all the time. thanks again.

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2 votes

#11 - Tue Jan 1, 2008 1:09 AM EST

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Kevin Dicks

Oooo, hadn't heard of this one. I'm going to go download that now. Thanks for the heads up! And thanks for not posting it three months ago when I never would have seen it. ;)

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4 votes

#12 - Thu Jan 3, 2008 3:20 PM EST

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Kevin Dicks

I've been using this religiously since I downloaded it. It makes posting life so much easier. I used to keep a separate tab open with dictionary.com ready and waiting for me, this saves so much time!!

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1 vote

#13 - Sat Jan 5, 2008 7:51 PM EST

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JIM DENT

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