Comments on: Visual Thesaurus 3 Desktop Edition Review

By: UnifeErerve

UnifeErerve — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:19:32 +0000

I’d prefer reading in my native language, because my knowledge of your languange is no so well. But it was interesting! Look for some my links:

By: Markus Merz

Markus Merz — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:41:59 +0000

Good point: “increasing vocabulary is something vital to personal development as a professional blogger”

That was one of the reason why I (native German) have started to blog on performancing.com.

I am using a system tool which will a) translate and b) show alternatives. If I am looking for a word when writing then I type the German word, mark it and hit Ctrl-L to get (I think) up to six different translations from dict.leo.org. This helpful tool works system wide. Hitting Ctrl-T brings up a similar Thesaurus pop-up but only works for German AFAIK.

Here it is: ac’tivAid Extra Strength

It is an outstanding integrated collection of scripts based on AutoHotKey which will change your user experience if activated

By: webmann

webmann — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 03:06:48 +0000

Very cool James

I personally wouldn’t need anything so elaborate as a thesaurus but it is one powerful tool for any writer. And I think it would just be cool to own it and show my friends what I could do with it.

For now I will have to stick with Microsoft Word’s thesaurus.

By: Raj Dash

Raj Dash — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 19:05:00 +0000

James, I keep coming across the Visual Thesaurus from time to time. It seems like such an amazing brainstorming tool.

By: James Mowery

James Mowery — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 18:58:13 +0000

Hehe, you just beat me to commenting.
Pretty cool stuff with words these days. It would be nice if all office applications had the ability to easily find related words with just a mouse click. I never use the one in MS Word.

By: James Mowery

James Mowery — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 18:55:59 +0000

I should also point out that they have an online version, but I did not try it. If someone else has, maybe they can post their thoughts on it.

By: oldsailor

oldsailor — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 18:47:34 +0000

I find the free online alternative very useful. Thanks