Dictionary Switcher

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

by Moredread on Sept. 22, 2010 · permalink

I have no idea where to start. What about the fact, that this tool is not able to determine the language? Sounds hard in the first place, but it is easy in the basic: Use a german dictionary on all domains that end on .de, use the american for all that end with .com. Or, at least, save the settings once they are made for a domain. This tool doesn't. This is not stupid - "stupid" is a level this tool could reach after a lot of work.

But this is not everything. After installing the book, the dictionary is slow as hell. Slower than I type.

Or what about this: In FF 3.6, when opening a tab, it is opened regularly right to the tab you`re actually working at. But hell, no, not if you install this addon. If you install this addon, this function will be permanently disabled. The only way to get back this function is to install one of the tab-addons like tabmix plus. But this is really crazy when you think that you only need this one function.

What about the network problems? After installing this addon my Firefox not only regularly crashed, no, it stops working. Firefox couldn't connect to the network. I reckon that this tab is spying out my behavior and try to connect to somewhere and that this causes the problems. I don't see any reason that switching between Dictionary A and Dictionary B could cause such problems.

Before anyone asks: This problems showed up on several installations on several Win-OS's. Uninstall the addon, no problem. Install the addon, hell. So I'm damn sure the problems were caused by this addon.

I will inform Mozilla about this problem and explain it to some developers to investigate the problem. Sorry, but this is far away from normal. I saw a lot of weird problems with a lot of addons, but this is the worst addon ever. If there would be a possibility to give a negative rating, I would do so.