Dictionary

GNOME 2.x has had a dictionary since the good old 1.x days. The current Dictionary is a DICT protocol client, relying on existing dictionary servers like dict.org. This is sub-optimal, as the DICT protocol really only works for ANSI 80x25 terminals (the text is pre-formatted); doesn't have markup; doesn't allow translations; and it's rapidly fading out of the fact of the Interwebs.

Dictionary clients have been vastly superseded by websites, like Wiktionary or Wikipedia, which are actually useful, crowd-sourced, and translated.

The GNOME Dictionary should remove the DICT client support and switch to being a local search front-end to Wikipedia/Wiktionary.

This would also be the chance to redesign the Dictionary UI to be more in line with the rest of the GNOME 3 applications.

Participants

Emmanuele Bassi

Status

  • {*} Needs design

    {*} Design in progress

    {o} Needs implementation

    {o} Implementation in progress

    {o} Stable

Relevant Art

Dictionary (GNOME 3.1)

gnome-dictionary-3.1.png

Fantasdic (GTK 2.x application)

http://projects.gnome.org/fantasdic/images/fantasdic1.png

StarDict (GTK 2.x application)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Stardict-screen.png

OS X Dictionary

osx-dictionary-app.png

Tentative Design

https://github.com/gnome-design-team/gnome-mockups/raw/adfebdc66af6e7ede9cbfe0069b037bbf8a94cc6/dictionary/dictionary.png

Design/Playground/Dictionary (last edited 2014-01-10 01:09:07 by SvitozarCherepii)