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Ninjawords: "Fast like a ninja" dictionary
I like ninjas. That being said, I don't really associate ninjas with dictionaries. However, Ninjawords aims to change that. Or something. Ninjawords is a simple Ajax dictionary that aspires to be like a ninja: smart, accurate, and really fast. Type in your word, smack the enter key, and you definition pops up. That's it! Yes, a very simple tool, and a pretty obvious use of Ajax at that, but I enjoy Ninjawords' clean, uncluttered interface. It also has a couple extra features, like the ability to look up multiple words at once (just separate them with commas) and easy URL-based lookup (just type ninjawords.com/yourwordhere). It will also make spelling suggestions. While I still love the venerable Dictionary.com, Ninjawords is a great alternative, though I wouldn't want to meet it in a dark alley.
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
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ryan said 4:59PM on 11-16-2006
venerable
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Henry said 5:22PM on 11-16-2006
Very quick and effective. I'd recommend working with http://www.answers.com and http://www.metaglossary.com in conjunction with ninjawords - together a user will definitely find what they are looking for. I'd love to see ninjawords and metaglossary work together...
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Steven said 5:51PM on 11-16-2006
Ever since somebody claimed a word was real and used dictionary.com as their reference, I do not trust it at all. m-w.com 4tw
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SneorWeird said 9:32AM on 11-18-2006
I foiled it with "that". Certainly doesn't bode well, does it?
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Michael said 1:22AM on 11-17-2006
For some reason, the word "fast" took a particularly long time on my computer. maybe it was just my comp.
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Phil Crosby said 4:40AM on 11-27-2006
I've updated the dictionary, so that the site in general is much faster, with better definitions (including the word "that" ;-). See the changes here:
http://eightpence.com/ninja-updates/
Thanks for the feedback
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