WWDC 2011 Keynote Thread

mikelove

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numble said:
iOS 5 beta 2 Safari supports WOFF (Web Open Font Format), which can be tested here. Could this somehow lead to more fonts in Pleco?

Not likely, I'm afraid, as we don't use WebKit to render dictionary entries. We pretty much still need to build any new font we might want to support into our application, and that means licensing it.
 

numble

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Did you notice that Mobile Safari has a built-in Japanese dictionary? Could be signs of things to come...
 

mikelove

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numble said:
Did you notice that Mobile Safari has a built-in Japanese dictionary? Could be signs of things to come...

Hopefully at some point they'll let third-party apps supply their own systemwide dictionary popups, but until then this is unlikely to be more than a mediocre fallback.
 
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