mangochutney
举人
I opened this thread as a way of saying Thank You to the makers of PlecoDict — in addition to giving them my money.
Every good company should have one. It's about time we get one in here.
(If there already is a similar thread, please notify me.)
When I started studying Sinology in Trier, I was lucky enough to come across an article by some NY Times editor who uses PlecoDict. It spared me from the mostly awful user experience of dedicated electronic dictionaries and their inherent limitations.
I started out using a Treo 650, which has finally been pensioned off with the advent of the iPhone version.
Pleco has made my life with the Chinese language much easier and helped me progress faster in my studies.
The superb handwriting recognition was invaluable during my first trip to China, and the comprehensive dictionaries actually saved me a lot of money, because I didn't have to buy printed ones.
Having actively used the beta for a few months now, I finally got around to downloading the app from the AppStore today; immediately adding some dictionaries I've been craving for a long time.
The wait for the iPhone version was worth is. The amount of customisability is — in my opinion — unprecedented in the AppStore, yet the app is easy to use and intuitive.
The fact that the company trust its current and potential customers enough, that it's using a honorary approach to educational discounts, sheds a very positive light on the company as a whole.
This is further improved by the quick response to problems, questions and suggestions, whether via email or in the forum (not to forget the great user base in the forum).
You can be sure that when you launch new products in the future, I'll have my credit card at the ready.
Every good company should have one. It's about time we get one in here.
(If there already is a similar thread, please notify me.)
When I started studying Sinology in Trier, I was lucky enough to come across an article by some NY Times editor who uses PlecoDict. It spared me from the mostly awful user experience of dedicated electronic dictionaries and their inherent limitations.
I started out using a Treo 650, which has finally been pensioned off with the advent of the iPhone version.
Pleco has made my life with the Chinese language much easier and helped me progress faster in my studies.
The superb handwriting recognition was invaluable during my first trip to China, and the comprehensive dictionaries actually saved me a lot of money, because I didn't have to buy printed ones.
Having actively used the beta for a few months now, I finally got around to downloading the app from the AppStore today; immediately adding some dictionaries I've been craving for a long time.
The wait for the iPhone version was worth is. The amount of customisability is — in my opinion — unprecedented in the AppStore, yet the app is easy to use and intuitive.
The fact that the company trust its current and potential customers enough, that it's using a honorary approach to educational discounts, sheds a very positive light on the company as a whole.
This is further improved by the quick response to problems, questions and suggestions, whether via email or in the forum (not to forget the great user base in the forum).
You can be sure that when you launch new products in the future, I'll have my credit card at the ready.