Rated 1 out of 5 stars

which is sad

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

This is such an essential add-on for anyone typing in more than one language in Firefox, unfortunately, it hasn't been updated in a while and doesn't work well with e.g. Gmail, it can freeze the whole Firefox for short amounts of time, etc. But it's a really good idea.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Sadly not compatible with Thunderbird 38 any more, since in that version the spell check language in the compose windows has been decoupled from the preference.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

To have this to work in Firefox:
You have to manually go into about:config and changed - extensions.dictionary-switcher.autodetect to true. But some times I have to get in to about:config again to switch in on, off and on again to work, even if it's "on" in extensions.dictionary-switcher.autodetect. Then it work again to switches languages.

To do this on Thunderbird:

Go in to in Thunderbird: Options>Advanced>Config Editor set this as 'true'
extensions.dictionary-switcher.autodetect

I hope they will fix this. Also autodetect as I write does not work. I'm on Windows 10, and with a clean installed OS, and only two language installed in Firefox.

This switcher should had been an included part of Firefox and Thunderbird.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Funktioniert nun endlich mit der neuen Generation von Wörterbüchern (Stichwort „restartless“) – vielen Dank für das Update!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

I know it worked once but now i had the problem that it turned to english but i couldnt manually change it back. Eventually it turned back later alone but now im searching the button to change it. Its nowhere to found. I checked the dialogs with firefox, opened all bars in there and i dont see it. Whats up?

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I use English and Hebrew and it does not work for me.
Also after I went to about:config and changed - extensions.dictionary-switcher.autodetect to true.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

I have been using this add-on for years in Thunderbird, and I was happy with it. I have found it indispensable, for multi-lingual users, and there are many of us out there. I have no idea when it stopped working, and thought that there is probably a bug which will be fixed. It was not. So I tried other add-ons, and used a different one for a while, than that one disappeared, tried this one again... It was not until now, when I have found in a review by tunayx (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/dictionary-switcher/reviews/667322/) that you need to get into the config and turn the automatic recognition on manually:

Options>Advanced>Config Editor set this as 'true'
extensions.dictionary-switcher.autodetect

I could not imagine that this need to be done manually - please warn users, as you will loose them otherwise. It would, of course, be better if it could be turned on from add-on options.

I also have a compatibility issue with my favourite add-on 'Thunderbird Conversations' - it would be great, if the autoswitching would work in the quick reply.

But it is a fantastic and very important add-on, once the user figures out how to turn it on. Keep up the good work!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

When I type in a text field it causes the content process to crash when I type in textfields when electrolysis is enabled.
So I guess it's incompatible with e10s and needs an update otherwise it causes constant crashes.
It also fails to switch dictionaries on ever more pages.

This user has a previous review of this add-on.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Guess it's time to let go...
This was a great add-on, before rtf invaded the editors. Now, it doesn't even switch language when the button is clicked.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

It do work with Thunderbird, this is how to enable it:

Options>Advanced>Config Editor set this as 'true'
extensions.dictionary-switcher.autodetect

This user has a previous review of this add-on.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

When switching to another tab, and then switching back, the selected language is again the wrong one. The "automatic detection" also seems to trigger at random intervals.

I have to correct this extension's decisions every time the conventional way, at least every time I switch back from another tab. This is frustrating and just creates more work.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Stopped working? I cannot switch on gmail.com

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excelente, indispensable

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Quite smart, and it usually works great. I cannot make it work on Thunderbird though (or FossaMail which I now use). It's a 5-star with TB working.

A suggestion: add a "priority switch" for the English language. Some users might usually or always prefer en-GB instead of en-US (or en-AU etc.)

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

An interesting example of dictionaries.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

As the previous review says, only one line needs to be changed to make this addon work in recent TB versions :)

But what he suggests is for making it work in Firefox. To make it work in Thunderbird, change the same line, but in file mail.js (inside dictionary-switcher.jar!/chrome/content).

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (1.3.2.1-signed.1-signed). 

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Manual fix for version 1.3.2:
Changing line 49 of content/browser.js (dictionary-switcher.jar) to
var spellchecker = Components.classes[spellclass].getService(Components.interfaces.mozISpellCheckingEngine);
seems to fix the problem.

Would be nice to see an official version 1.3.3 soon :-)

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (1.3.2.1-signed.1-signed).  This user has a previous review of this add-on.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=843727#c13

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (1.3.2.1-signed.1-signed). 

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

It works now :-)

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (1.3.2.1-signed.1-signed).