Firefox, MSN + ChinesePera-Kun

[flameproof]

Just a little trick I found out, it's really handy for online chatting.

The web browser version of MSN also runs on Firefox. Here is the link:

http://webmessenger.msn.com

So far that's good news, but it gets even better:

If you have ChinesePera-Kun installed in Firefox you can use it while chatting in Chinese and do a pop-up translation! of characters you don't know!

Really cool! I just checked it on Xp. Haven't checked yet if it also works on Linux and Macs.

[BaoMiHua]

This is excellent trick! Thanks!

Now i can fake better chinese, er, I mean, study harder, i'll be fluent in no time....

[ABCinChina]

This is great. I think that Chinese Pera-kun is the best pop-up translator out there, but sadly it only works in Firefox.

[Prodigal Son]

cool tip, although it'd be more useful if I actually used MSN messenger

I think that Chinese Pera-kun is the best pop-up translator out there, but sadly it only works in Firefox.

what's to be sad about? firefox is the best browser available on basically every platform except the iphone.

[tooironic]

what's to be sad about? firefox is the best browser available on basically every platform except the iphone.

seconded.

although I prefer to use the actual software client of MSN because it's faster and has more features. So I guess it's still copy and paste for me! XD

[ABCinChina]

What I meant was that it was "sad" that ChinesePera-Kun only works "inside" of Firefox. But it doesn't work for instance on Chinese programs which have menus in Chinese, etc. Personally, I'm an avid user of Firefox myself and believe I will never go back to Internet Explorer.