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iknowdict addon for FireFox

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Description: This add-on is used to look up word which is defined in iKnow! website. The word is extracted by using iKnow! developer API.

To install the add-on, follow these steps:

1. Open your FireFox browser, click to this link https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/9645 and open it with FireFox browser. This dialog will appear.
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Click the button Install Now as described above.


2. After installing successfully, the new dialog will appear:


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Click Restart FireFox to restart your FireFox browser.

3. After your FireFox browser is restarted, you notice that there's a new icon (red circle in the following picture) in the status bar
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4. Click on it, a pop-up menu will be opened:
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5. Click to Option... to configure your dictionary:
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For example, I configure by using Ctrl + Right Mouse to look up word.
I checked Load sentences to allow the add-on to load sentences related to the word (if any)
I checked Load sentence sound to allow the add-on to load sound of sentence related to the word (if any)
I checked Load sentence image to allow the add-on to load image of sentence related to the word (if any)
Click OK to finish.

6. OK, it's time to use it.
Open any web page, for example iKnow! website: www.iknow.co.jp

Press Ctrl button and click Right Mouse at the same time on the word you would like to look up.
For example, I press Ctrl + Right Mouse on the word spread, this screen will appear:
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Another example, I open BBC website and look up for the word negotiation
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This add-on is quite simple at the moment, I'll try to upgrade it later.
Thanks and hope you enjoy it.