This is a dictionary/thesaurus widget. By default, it gets its results from dictionary.com and thesaurus.com, but you can also specify a custom dictionary URL.
Features (v1.5):
* Requires Yahoo! Widgets Engine 3.0
* Much better html handling
* Much better performance
* Image support (flaky right now)
* Graphical tweaks
* Colorized background
* A bunch of other things I can't remember...
Features (v1.1):
* Support for many different dictionaries/thesauri/whatever, including multiple custom dictionaries
- Includes preset entries for Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com, Wikipedia (English), Wiktionary (English), Merriam Webster Online Dictionary/Thesaurus
* Built-in filters for Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com, MediaWiki, M-W.com (Merriam-Webster), and straight-up webpages
* Loading animation
* Link-handling ability - opens local links inside the dictionary widget
* Windows-only (until I can figure out why things are so slow on the Mac)
Features (v1.0):
* Lookup in dictionary or thesaurus
* Pronunciations are displayed using Unicode characters
* "Compact" view when no definition is displayed
* Dark glass-esque design
I've been trying to edit this Widget to display Jay Naylor's Better Days [link] . I'm sure it'll only take 5 min to edit but I don't know any java. If you'd take a look at this I'd really appreciate it. Thank you.
By the way, great widget.
G.
This is very cool.