Friday, February 21, 2003
Want to Write Gooder?
Posted by Brad Adrian in "SOFTWARE" @ 10:10 PM
http://www.handango.com/PlatformProductDetail.jsp?siteId=311&platformId=2&productType=2&catalog=0&sectionId=0&productId=20657
If you do ANY kind of writing, either casually or for work, and ever find yourself searching for just the right words to express yourself, you should check out the latest update of Lextionary.
"Lextionary is a dictionary and thesaurus of the English language with features and information that are far superior to a normal dictionary. Instead of just having words organized alphabetically, Lextionary also organizes words by their semantic meaning. A normal dictionary only gives the definition of a word, but Lextionary starts with a definition and gives a multitude of links to others words."
Other features include:
• ClearType technology for ease in reading
• 138,880 entries, all with definitions or sample usage.
• Over 250,000 links between words.
• Phonetic pronunciations.
• Over 1.4 million words in a 7.1 mb database.
The latest update also includes more powerful search features and some helpful layout enhancements. The update is free to current users. You can also download a free demo or purchase the full version for $12.99 (a limited time reduced price).
Even though this version is kind of a minor update, I'm posting about it because this is one of the applications I use nearly every day. Its searches are surprisingly fast and its huge database has helped me write very much gooder on many, many occasions.
If you do ANY kind of writing, either casually or for work, and ever find yourself searching for just the right words to express yourself, you should check out the latest update of Lextionary.
"Lextionary is a dictionary and thesaurus of the English language with features and information that are far superior to a normal dictionary. Instead of just having words organized alphabetically, Lextionary also organizes words by their semantic meaning. A normal dictionary only gives the definition of a word, but Lextionary starts with a definition and gives a multitude of links to others words."
Other features include:
• ClearType technology for ease in reading
• 138,880 entries, all with definitions or sample usage.
• Over 250,000 links between words.
• Phonetic pronunciations.
• Over 1.4 million words in a 7.1 mb database.
The latest update also includes more powerful search features and some helpful layout enhancements. The update is free to current users. You can also download a free demo or purchase the full version for $12.99 (a limited time reduced price).
Even though this version is kind of a minor update, I'm posting about it because this is one of the applications I use nearly every day. Its searches are surprisingly fast and its huge database has helped me write very much gooder on many, many occasions.
