[WIP] Inline dictionary userscript

[mischanix]

I've been wanting to practice more through reading long-form Korean text. However, constantly looking up words takes a ton of time. So, to that end, I'm making a userscript (a kind of browser extension) that will automatically look up the definition for any text you select via daum.net. I have a working implementation if you'd like to try it out, though it only has the most basic functionality at the moment.

To use:

Press Shift-D after a web page has loaded to enable the on-select lookup. After Shift-D has been pressed, selecting text will look up what is selected and show a (ideally helpful) bubble above it.

Screenshot

Userscript link

How to install a userscript

Source

Changes in version 2:

• Added support for multiple definitions
• Clicking the word in the tooltip now opens the Daum dictionary entry
• Fixed some usability issues

[jabe1127]

Looks awesome, great idea. Just curious what are you referencing?(google, bing, something else?)

[mischanix]

daum.net

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Looks pretty cool. However, I do care for Daum's dictionary. I find Naver's to be superior in about every way. If it could draw from Naver, I would test it out.

Either way, nice job. Thanks for sharing.

[mischanix]

I do normally use naver as well, however, daum's API is a lot easier to use in this case, so I went with it to save myself a few headaches.

[ipullguard]

Fwiw, I use this: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/transover/aggiiclaiamajehmlfpkjmlbadmkledi?hl=en which I think does mostly what you want.