SELECTSOFT USA The Pop-up New Oxford Dictionary of English (Windows)

Editorial Review:

With the Pop-up New Oxford Dictionary of English is the absolute essential tool for anyone who wants to write well!

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 2.0 / 5.0

I can't believe Oxford is still backing the useless iFinger interface.:

Starting with the good aspect of New Oxford Dictionary of English, it contains 350,000 words and is unquestionally the best English dictionary available on a single CD today.
The interface itself is intolerable (even offensive), so much so that I have deleted this dictionary from my system. Why can iFinger not create an interface that will remember its settings? Through correspondence with iFinger "support" (which is not really support at all), I have discovered iFinger has no intention of creating a... more info

It's actually not bad!:

Despite the fact that you do need to type in the correctly spelled word or the search engine, because it's not intuitive, won't take you to the nearest match, I still find the Oxford dictionary of English very useful. It is practical and always available on the right corner of the screen, if you wish. If not you can minimize it and just click on it whenever you need it.
I really like the pop-up that allows you to still be on a word document, a web page or even Messenger and still be able to look for... more info

Disappointed:

Oxford should be ashamed of this product. I use their paper versions and would expect a superior product.

Very Poor Quality - Completely Useless Software:

If you are looking for a well designed, effective, easy to use, reliable research tool/dictionary for your computer look elsewhere because The Pop-Up Oxford Dictionary of English is pathetic.
Avoid this sad sad product. It is completely useless.

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