Automatic Dictionary :: Reviews :: Add-ons for Firefox

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

by Darwin4Ever on Aug. 18, 2023 · permalink

Great and handy tool !

Just a pity that it can't been used as a dictionary toggle, i.e. clicking a dictionary disables the others instead of having to select a dictionary and having to disable the other(s)

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (3.2.4).

by beltrachi (Developer) on Aug. 27, 2023 · permalink

Hi! Thanks for your positive review! <3

The dictionary toggle interface does not belong to this extension, it's Thunderbird native interface.

Having said that, Thunderbird and this add-on support selecting various languages at once since last year. Maybe you need to update Thunderbird?

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by troglobyte on July 13, 2023 · permalink

Must have for people writing emails in multiple languages. I really hope it will be upgraded soon for TB115.

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (3.2.2).

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by Firefox user 93a94c on Jan. 3, 2022 · permalink

Very helpful, using it for years, no problems observed. Thanks a lot for this add-on!

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (2.0.7.1).

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

by Torsten Villnow on April 6, 2021 · permalink

It would be great, if the add-on supports also newsgroups, i,e. remembering the language used for sending a post to a specific newsgroup.

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (2.0.4).

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by Firefox user 6a8c38 on Dec. 18, 2020 · permalink

This is one of the most useful Add-ons I use with Thunderbird because I write messages in more than one language.
However, when I replaced the 32 bits Thunderbird for the 64 bits version, my English dictionary was removed. And probably as a result this Add-On stopped checking messages in that language.
I reinstalled the English dictionary and all seems well now! I was previously afraid that this Add-on would not work with the Thunderbird 64 bits version. Apparently I was wrong.

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (2.0.3).

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by dee4569 on Nov. 14, 2020 · permalink

it's good, but after latest thunderbird update it doesn't seem to pick/change a language anymore when i reply above a text. probably the language code isn't put at the very beginning? (i even tried to manually install the latest XPI, but same result)

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (2.0.1).

by beltrachi (Developer) on Nov. 14, 2020 · permalink

Hi, I've checked, but can't fix your problem. I can't reproduce it. Could you please file a bug with the requested in formation here? https://github.com/beltrachi/automatic_dictionary/issues/new Maybe with that I'm able to know what's happening.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

by aflinta on Oct. 13, 2020 · permalink

In previous versions was working quite OK, but after last updates it collects too much information to assign dictionary, and this render whole add-on useless. In my opinion CC: fields shouldn't be considered when choosing dictionary, as only main recipient determine which language will by most probably used. If author have different opinion, then maybe adding configuration switch will be a solution?

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (2.0.1).

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by Martins Lazdans on Oct. 1, 2020 · permalink

Keep getting this window.gSpellChecker error in my console after any action (click, folder change, etc). TB 78.2.1 on Win7

21:35:04.292 window.gSpellChecker is undefined implementation.js:34
canSpellCheck jar:/apis/compose_ext/implementation.js:34
AsyncFunctionNext self-hosted:693

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (2.0.1).

by beltrachi (Developer) on Oct. 11, 2020 · permalink

Hi Martins, thanks for your good review. The error on the log will be fixed on next release. Already fixed in master. If you want you can download it manually from https://github.com/beltrachi/automatic_dictionary/raw/master/automatic_dictionary.xpi

Best

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by citrus007 on Jan. 17, 2020 · permalink

Love this extension. It would be nice you could use these rules not only to pick the language, but also sender identity, signatures, etc.

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (1.12.0).

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

by Bert on Oct. 26, 2018 · permalink

- Doesn't seem to remember at all for me !
- Principle is flawed for many use cases : it should offer to remember the domain, or some rules like : .fr domain by default French, etc etc There are many ways to make it more useful/usable.
- It could try and recognize the language in the mail body or at least in the title ?
The REAL need (and what worked with the venerable Eudora 20 years ago) is simply to look into two selected dictionaries, so there is absolutely nothing to do.
This is a feature that should always have been in TB core.

EDITS :

It actually seems to remember for some contacts but there were reasons that led me to think it didn't remember.

Another issue : when CC'ing, it seems to tag the CCs with the language used, which in my case is definitely not good.
I send emails in English (or French) and typically CC French colleagues who therefore keeps oscillating between Fr and En :-(
-> I would suggest to not record CCs language.

Yet another issue : I use 3 computers (2 desktops and a laptop). I don't think there is an easy way to synchronize the associations. Maybe with a storage on the cloud managed by the extension ? But I don't want to enable this for obvious security reasons.
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I put back 2 stars since I understand some users might find it useful, but it doesn't cut it for me.
I think I should just un-install this extension and keep whining about how Eudora was (20 years ago) so much better than Thunderbird :-( I tried to ask for some obvious enhancement, long ago, but to no avail.