Mike,
Pleco on Android is only a shadow of what it is on the Palm.
I would say the biggest feature missing is the instant lookup, where the user can highlight a character or characters and then push one button and the dictionary would show up on top of any application then when I was done, exit the pop-up and return to my application.
Now, this type of thing has to be possible with Android since several SMS replacement programs do exactly that. They produce a pop-up over the current program and even allow the user to respond to the SMS and then when closing the window returns to the previous program.
With Palm, I would use Pleco everyday and couldn't imagine being without it. Any unrecognized characters in an SMS message, no problem just look it up. Now with Android, the process is so cumbersome, highlight the text (and good luck trying to do that, it's a challenge in itself) now copy the text, then exit the current program, load up Pleco, copy the text, then exit Pleco and try and find out where you left off in the previous program.
Instead I just go back to being illiterate and ignore the stuff I can't read.
As the instant popup was the most compelling feature, and is missing, I can't seem too much difference between paying over $100 for Pleco and the several free dictionaries out there.
It's so disappointing because I have sung the praises of Pleco for many years and also the great support from you.
Pleco on Android is only a shadow of what it is on the Palm.
I would say the biggest feature missing is the instant lookup, where the user can highlight a character or characters and then push one button and the dictionary would show up on top of any application then when I was done, exit the pop-up and return to my application.
Now, this type of thing has to be possible with Android since several SMS replacement programs do exactly that. They produce a pop-up over the current program and even allow the user to respond to the SMS and then when closing the window returns to the previous program.
With Palm, I would use Pleco everyday and couldn't imagine being without it. Any unrecognized characters in an SMS message, no problem just look it up. Now with Android, the process is so cumbersome, highlight the text (and good luck trying to do that, it's a challenge in itself) now copy the text, then exit the current program, load up Pleco, copy the text, then exit Pleco and try and find out where you left off in the previous program.
Instead I just go back to being illiterate and ignore the stuff I can't read.
As the instant popup was the most compelling feature, and is missing, I can't seem too much difference between paying over $100 for Pleco and the several free dictionaries out there.
It's so disappointing because I have sung the praises of Pleco for many years and also the great support from you.