There are some really exciting new features in Beta 3 that we haven't had much feedback on yet; has anybody used these?
There are lots of others, of course - see http://www.plecoforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=2812 for a complete list - but we're really eager for feedback on these five.
- Merged multi-dictionary search - this is seriously the biggest improvement we've made to our search engine in 5 years. Turn it on in Settings / Dictionary / Search settings / Result display, then switch to it just like any other Chinese dictionary (icon will be an -M-); type in a search and you'll see a collated, frequency-sorted list of matching results from all dictionaries, then tap on any one and tap on the dictionary switch icon to flip between them. A better interface is coming soon, but the basic functionality is there now and we think it's pretty awesome.
- Clipboard monitor - we had a lot of requests for this function which we first heard about from the Fora dictionary app (though we've turned up examples in a few others as well). Turn it on in Settings / General, then copy a piece of Chinese text to the clipboard in a different app and Pleco should come right up with that text in its search box.
- Quick Input Bar - our response to complaints about HWR being too difficult to get into; enable it through Settings / Dictionary / Main screen interface.
- Custom Font Files - put your favorite Chinese .TTF in /Android/data/com.pleco.chinesesystem/files/fonts/chinese and restart Pleco and it'll use that to render Chinese characters almost everywhere.
- Document reader / bookmarks - not quite as big a deal as the others since we already support it on iOS, but has anybody used this? Does the bookmark system seem to mostly work correctly or are there a lot of glitches?
There are lots of others, of course - see http://www.plecoforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=2812 for a complete list - but we're really eager for feedback on these five.