Firefox OpenSearch Plugins to search Jim Breen's WWWJDIC server

By Jess Bermudes

If you use Mozilla Firefox, this useful plugin will allow your searchbar to also be able to query WWWJDIC.

Instructions:

Firefox should have automatically detected the WWWJDIC plugins, and the left side of your searchbar should be glowing blue:

Next, click on the glowing blue arrow to open your searchbar drop-down list:

There are two types of plugins available at this time. One allows you to query in kanji/kana/romaji (JA), while the other one lets you query in English (EN).

[UPDATE: Note that There is are also two versions of the JA/EN plugins. The default one queries the official WWWJDIC which is hosted in Australia. Due to popular demand, a version for the US mirror is now available as well.]

Click on the one you want to install. (You can install multiple ones, just repeat this process again.)

Now that it is installed, anytime you wish to query WWWJDIC, simply select "WWWJDIC (JA/EN)" from your searchbar's dropdown list and type away:

And press Enter:

Yay! It worked. Have fun, hope this helps. Drop me a line if you have any questions/comments on this plugin.