13.08.2006
All Firefox users know the awesomeness of extensions. All people learning japanese know the pain of looking up a dozen kanjis to read a simple sentence.
Considering this, you would think someone had the bright idea of using this awesomeness to make a fix for this more than subtle pain. And you would be right.
I've been using this extension for months and I can't give it enough praise. For some reason I've evidently forgotten to make a mention of it here, but I guess I just forgot. That is, until a IM session this evening reminded me of it.
Behold the Rikaichan extension. It provides realtime lookup poping up in your browser window as you hover over whatever puzzles you. Sheer awesomeness.
A definetive must have for anyone trying to learn japanese.