The issue is this: gnome-dictionary looks up definitions on dict.org,
which has many dictionary databases. However, gnome-dictionary doesn't
allow the user to specify which database to search, so all of the
results are displayed. This can be very frustrating.
For example, if you look up the word "Food", the first database entry
given is "To supply with food", which is clearly an obsolete usage.
Scrolling down, one only finds the definitions from the Dictionary of
Collaborative English, which is unnecessarily wordy and is basically a
transcription of Webster 1913. The WordNet definition - which is also
available from dict.org - is nowhere to be found.
gnome-dictionary tantalizingly supplies a list of "Available Databases"
and "Available Strategies", but does not supply any method for selecting
either of them to filter the search results, leaving the user to either:
a. Weep in despair, or b. Be shackled to the Dictionary of
Collaborative English.
** Changed in: gnome-utils (Ubuntu)
Status: Invalid => Confirmed
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no drop-down list for online dictionary Ubuntu 7-04
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/113377
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