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In article <5509@artcom0.north.de> pf@artcom0.north.de (Peter Funk) writes:

> Nevertheless, I don't think, that an online-dictionary would be so
> useful:  A normal handy paperback dictionary is more appropriate.
> I think that searching a particular phrase using your thumbnail
> will be as fast as e.g. hacking a grep command in or cut'n pasting
> the phrase into another window... IMHO.

A perfectly reasonable position, and one I would have agreed with a
few years ago.  But experience has proved me (and you) wrong.  I have
a NeXT with Digital Webster, and I've found that it's quicker to
double-click the icon to launch the application, type in the word, and
wait a couple of seconds to look it up.

The reason is that the "thumbnail" method never gets you to exactly
the right page, and even then you have to move your eyes to the right
place.  The time involved to get the dictionary off the shelf, turn
pages, and run your finger down the column of words is more than the
time it takes a reasonably fast computer to do a simple lookup.
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	Geoff Kuenning	geoff@maui.cs.ucla.edu	geoff@ITcorp.com