[kde-edu]: FW: kde edutainment project suggestion...

[Matthias Meßmer]

Hi!

Am Sonntag, 11. September 2005 18:11 schrieb Jason Harris:
> Seriously, that gives me an idea.  If you search for a term at Google that
> is a dictionary word, you get a link to a dictionary website for that
> search term at the top of the page.  If it isn't a dictionary word, you
> don't get a link.  So, I think this presents us with a very simple solution
> to this issue.  KScrabble could silently search the term at Google, and
> parse the returned search HTML page for a link to the dictionary page.  If
> the link is found, the word is valid.
>
> Not sure how easy it would be to localize; for how many languages does
> google provide this service?  Also, it would obviously only work if the
> network was available.

As for other applications, too: i would prefer if an application doesn't need 
an online internet connection. Especially edu apps should be usable at 
school, too. Some schools have restricted internet connection out of any 
lesson for example.

Cheers

Matthias
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