App Store vs Installer
Aug
WeDict vs WeDict which version is better the official app store version or the installer.app version. Well I asked my self this question and found the results to be surprising. You would think that anything officially from apple would be the winner but interestingly enough this isn’t the case. I have found the Wedict dictionary application to be more efficient using the installer method instead of the app store. Most people using Wedict from the app store would find it difficult to add new dictionaries or thesauruses as opposed to the installer version where you can just one click download new dictionaries with no problem.
App Store
How do you add new books I don’t see how you can do it, there is no option other then settings where you choose between two included dictionaries. English and Chinese to English. If I wanted something else lets say a thesaurus how would i get it on there.
Installer
You can load all types of dictionaries right from installer giving you more power over your application with less limitations.
Now I’m noticing a new theme here with the app store. They want you to sign up for a new account for almost every application you download. For Example the eReader app if you want new books to read you would sign up from you account and download new books to your phone. But what if you already have some ebooks why not have a method to just load it on the phone. This is not very effective since you will end up with dozens of user account with passwords you may or may not remember. My philosophy is to keep things simple the less things you need to sign up for the better.
So in my quest I was able to add new dictionaries to the iPhone 2.0 with a jailbroken iphone 2.0. I Installed OpenSSH from cydia installer. It works but its a little buggy, then I downloaded some dictionaries like Merriam Webster and a thesaurus put it in the folder where WeDict is located and bingo it loads it up perfectly fine under settings. You can do the same for the eReader app if you have ebooks in the same format and just load them up and happy reading.
UPDATE It seems as though after adding new books to Wedict it corrupts the application and makes it unusable. I also noticed they now have a pro version a pay version of wedict which enables you to add new dictionaries and thesauruses. I’m looking to see if there is a work around.