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#*After pressing 'Install', you should see a popup window with 'Install now' button. If you don't, Firefox is blocking that page. You need to select 'allow' by clicking on the line where it said Firefox is blocking the page first. | #*After pressing 'Install', you should see a popup window with 'Install now' button. If you don't, Firefox is blocking that page. You need to select 'allow' by clicking on the line where it said Firefox is blocking the page first. | ||
#*Restart Firefox after a successful installation. You should see the following page chrome://firedictionary/locale/install/GENE95.htm . Follow the directions and install the GENE95 dictionary. This is an English-to-Japanese dictionary that must be installed before you continue, even if you probably will never use it. You might need a program to open the LZH, or TAR.GZ, or TAR.BZ2 files. If using windows, try http://www.7-zip.org/ to unpack the TAR.GZ file. | #*Restart Firefox after a successful installation. You should see the following page chrome://firedictionary/locale/install/GENE95.htm . Follow the directions and install the GENE95 dictionary. This is an English-to-Japanese dictionary that must be installed before you continue, even if you probably will never use it. You might need a program to open the LZH, or TAR.GZ, or TAR.BZ2 files. If using windows, try http://www.7-zip.org/ to unpack the TAR.GZ file. | ||
#Now download the Taiwanese-English dictionary file from http://learntaiwanese.taioaan.org/engbuunQXP.txt. Note: Make a note of where the MTL dictionary is saved. Typically it is under 'My Documents'. The dictionary file is based on work at http://www.edutech.org.tw. It is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL), which there is a copy of at http:// | #Now download the Taiwanese-English dictionary file from http://learntaiwanese.taioaan.org/engbuunQXP.txt. Note: Make a note of where the MTL dictionary is saved. Typically it is under 'My Documents'. The dictionary file is based on work at http://www.edutech.org.tw. It is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL), which there is a copy of at http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html. | ||
#Select Tools->FireDictionary under Firefox menu bar. | #Select Tools->FireDictionary under Firefox menu bar. | ||
#Select Tools->Dictionary Configuration button in the FireDictionary sidebar which is in the left pane of Firefox. | #Select Tools->Dictionary Configuration button in the FireDictionary sidebar which is in the left pane of Firefox. | ||