Re: "Iconoclastic"? - stupid web tricks...

From: Willem Broekema (willem@imeme.net)
Date: Mon Nov 13 2000 - 05:09:30 PST

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Erik F. Kastner wrote:
> heres what I use when I don't know a word (IE 4+ only)
> make a file in
[snip]
> then just highlight, and right click on a word you don't know, go to "Word
> Lookup" and viola!

A bookmarklet with url

javascript:q=document.getSelection();if(!q){void(q=prompt('Word...',''))};if(q)location.href='http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va='+escape(q)

gives about the same functionality, FWIW.

See http://www.bookmarklets.com for more

-Willem

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