heianderen Posted September 21, 2004 at 11:13 AM Report Posted September 21, 2004 at 11:13 AM What do you think about WENLIN software? I bought it and I find it very usefull as a dictionary, and a big helper for reading chinese texts in electronic form. Quote
roddy Posted September 21, 2004 at 11:59 AM Report Posted September 21, 2004 at 11:59 AM Moving to Textbooks and Resource - as a rough guide Chinese Computing is for the 'How can I use Chinese on my computer' stuff and 'Textbooks and Resources is 'How can I learn Chinese with my computer' stuff. There are already one or two Wenlin threads, but we might as well have another one. Roddy Quote
heianderen Posted September 21, 2004 at 01:06 PM Author Report Posted September 21, 2004 at 01:06 PM Sorry roddy!! Quote
roddy Posted September 21, 2004 at 01:16 PM Report Posted September 21, 2004 at 01:16 PM No problem - there's quite often overlap between forums, and if there weren't already Wenlin threads in here, I would have just left it. Roddy Quote
ChouDoufu Posted September 21, 2004 at 11:34 PM Report Posted September 21, 2004 at 11:34 PM It's a great dictionary. A nice tool for reading online texts, etc... But the interface SUCKS!!! why do i have to see a win 3.1 interface when I'm using winxp?? why do simple tasks require tedious actions (using the grabber tool requires clicking it for every word I want to grab. The mode doesn't stick). If it had an intuitive interface (or a readable help file-- use a windows help file, please??) it would be an absolutely incredible tool. If they added that look-up by multiple radicals that NJstar has, then it would be really nice too. It's so expensive.. why can't they hire a decent programmer? Quote
badboy Posted September 23, 2004 at 03:13 AM Report Posted September 23, 2004 at 03:13 AM I think it's great, and much better than Clavis Sinica which has annoying bugs. The interface is okay, could look better, but not a concern for me. Glad I bought Wenlin, and have stopped using Clavis. Quote
heianderen Posted September 30, 2004 at 10:57 PM Author Report Posted September 30, 2004 at 10:57 PM Choudoufu I completely agree with you, GUI really sucks, it even doesn't use contextual menus it look like an old MSDOS graphic based interface. (Looks like the old Deluxe Paint) badboy, I've never used/seen Clavis Sinica, and I can't compare. But it is true, Wenlin is pretty estable. Quote
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