I have been using the MDBG Chinese Reader software for several years now and have only recently bought a Pleco license because I only recently had my first mobile device. The MDBG Reader does not require me to copy and paste any text, I can just hover over any charcter in a website, Office document or even PDF and I get instant translation. Why isn't that possible with Pleco?
Reader Functionality
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With the MDBG software I can use my own browser, like Firefox or others and the software will automatically show the translation for a character when the cursor hovers over it. For Pleco it seems I need to use its inbuilt browser and cannot use Safari. Furthermore it says in the manual that Live Mode is not really recommended unless the web sites are small. Why can't you offer the same functionality that MDBG does in a mobile device? Does it have to do with the platform (mobile device vs. PC)?
rohr4842 said:
That's exactly it, yes - Apple locks down iOS so that apps can't spy on what other apps are doing like they can on Windows/Mac. (I believe MDBG's app actually figures out what text is under the cursor using an interface designed for screen readers for the blind, something that iOS doesn't currently allow third-party solutions for) Our current solution is about the best we can do, though we certainly plan to continue refining it to improve speed and compatibility with more web pages.
