[Ads-l] A quick review of the new OED.com

[dave@wilton.net]

I'm still ruminating on it, but after an initial repulsion, it has grown on me. The big difference is that the new format is much more user-friendly on phones and tablets. You can also turn off the tabbed view if you're on a PC to get the entire entry on one page.
 
There are some little things that I still don't like about it, but overall I think it's a positive facelift. And the changes are just formatting and cosmetic ones; the data is the same.
 
 
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From: "Jonathan Lighter" <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2023 12:58pm
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I absolutely concur. I hate it.

But what can I do about it? Write my own dictionary?

JL

On Sun, Jul 23, 2023 at 12:24 PM Cohen, Gerald Leonard <gcohen at mst.edu>
wrote:

> I just logged onto the online OED (via my university
> subscription to it); I was trying to find the first
> attestation of the term bikini.
>
> My reaction was mixed. I appreciate now having a way to communicate
> suggestions to the editors for improvements
> to existing entries, but I also feel dismay. The previous overall format
> of the dictionary was transparent and straightforward, whereas the present
> one calls for special training.
>
> But consulting an item in a dictionary should not call for
> special training. What was once totally easy now presents challenges, and
> from my perspective, very unnecessarily.
>
> Gerald Cohen
> Research specialty: Etymology
>
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