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December 19[edit]

A firefox/chrome addon for translating words?[edit]

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I am looking for a browser's extension that will let me stand on a non-English word with the mouse and than print a translation of that word to the screen (quite similar to an HTML link description). For example, if I'm reading an article in French Wiki and I stand on a word for say 1 second, like the word "avocat" (lawyer), I will have a small description saying "lawyer".

Do you know such an extension? Thanks in advance. ClinicalCosmologist (talk) 07:05, 19 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Is this good enough? It's not exactly what you asked for, but close. (((The Quixotic Potato))) (talk) 07:22, 19 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Or this?. The screenshot looks promising. (((The Quixotic Potato))) (talk) 07:22, 19 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, the first one helped me in Firefox, thanks! ClinicalCosmologist (talk) 08:32, 19 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I have marked this section as resolved, if you have any follow-up questions you can simply remove the {{resolved}} template and ask them here. Have a nice day, (((The Quixotic Potato))) (talk) 09:26, 19 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Arabic encoding[edit]

Between this line

دار جهينة للنشر و التوزيع

and this line

دار جهينة للنشر والتوزيع

what's the difference? It's seemingly not an ordinary space, since I copied it and then typed new[ctrl+v]York into my browser, and I ended up at NewYork rather than NewYork or New York. Nyttend backup (talk) 21:10, 19 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The first one has an addition ASCII space (U+0020) after the ر character, at the 18th position. -- Finlay McWalter··–·Talk 21:38, 19 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

It's a normal space for me when copied in Firefox or Microsoft Edge to our search bar, a wikilink, or to the text area at https://r12a.github.io/uniview/#title followed by clicking the down arrow. If you mean you copied it into the browser address bar then spaces are disallowed in url's and some browsers may refuse to copy it while others may automatically convert it to %20 while displaying a space. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:47, 19 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I was using IE on my Windows 7 computer at work. Now that I'm on my own Windows 10 personal laptop, I get the same result, but (unlike before) if I copy the phrase and delete the letters, the space remains and can have characters typed around it. New[ctrl+V]York still takes me to NewYork. However, before, و ا and deleting the Arabic letters and typing "New""York" around the space took me to NewYork, but now the same thing (as before, being careful to delete just one letter at a time, and using arrow keys and End to be sure I'm at the right place) now takes me to New York. I guess the different editions of Windows are handling it slightly differently; as I noted at Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/2017 November 13, the work computer's language and text-display settings are inferior to the personal computer's. Nyttend (talk) 00:07, 20 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

It's about your browser version but IE comes with Windows so you could say it's about the Windows version. You never clarified where in your browser you copied it to but I guess it was the address bar. I think your browser ignores copying an isolated space there because spaces are disallowed in url's, but if you copy text containing a space then it copies the whole text to avoid confusion. You could try typing a normal space in English text and see whether the same happens when you copy it. PrimeHunter (talk) 19:56, 20 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

How to get rid of malware?[edit]

Hi there. I have two anti-malware applications in my Windows-10 HP Pavilion. One is Spybot S&D (professional) and also McAfee, paid also. For a few days now I have a bug running in my computer. When I take certain actions which would be hard for me to specify now, this popup shows up and blocks my ability to close the Bing browser. I never use Bing, mostly Google but somehow it talks about Bing. It asks for my email, warns that I have a serious problem and I need to call an 844 hundred number. If I happens again, I will give you the full telephone number after 844.

This popup is impossible to close, it has a cancel button but it does not react to it. It closes for a second and shows up again. Then I go to Task Manager, see this Bing, yes it is Bing always although I began with Google, and I kill the running bustard. This is the only way to kill it. It comes from this website: 159.89.34.136/edge I wonder if anybody have had similar experience and have any advice for me to handle it.

I opened Windows Firewall and it does not have the ability to block individual websites. It is bizarre, totally defective OS. You can allow a particular website but you cannot block it.

Thanks, AboutFace 22 (talk) 22:11, 19 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Try Malwarebytes Anti-malware. The free version. Let it scan the entire computer (which will take quite a while). (((The Quixotic Potato))) (talk) 22:14, 19 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Surprised no one has suggested the obvious. Begins with L and ends with X. Aspro (talk) 22:22, 19 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

And what do you mean by the obvious that begins with an L and ends with an X? Not so obvious to me. AboutFace 22 (talk) 23:18, 19 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it took me longer than it should have done to work out what Aspro meant, but one could always ask Mr Torvalds. Dbfirs 23:27, 19 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Since it sounds like you encounter the malware while browsing the web, you might want to install Adblock_Plus, Ghostery, and HTTPS_Everywhere. One of these will typically block these types of redirects. OldTimeNESter (talk) 00:01, 20 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Ubuntu is on my laptop and it works with no Windows problems but nowadays one needs two OS's. AboutFace 22 (talk) 01:17, 20 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Just two? Oh shit. I may be a nerd. The computer I am currently using has four. (((The Quixotic Potato))) (talk) 05:22, 20 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I thought it was seven proxies that one needed for the internets. --47.157.122.192 (talk) 05:54, 20 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. Today one needs more than one ubiquitous OS. Fortunately kids today are more computer savvy and are finding their own solutions. One that seems rather messy but works, is to have something like Debian as the main OS and install a few Virtual Machines on it to run other OS's. 'Cause have you noticed? One's laptop/desk etc always-but-always goes pear-shaped on the very evening when one has something really important to do. Like sending Grandma photos of her very first grandchild as an example. Requires one to find the opportunity to put said malfunctioning device in trunk/boot of car, drive into town, leave in computer repair shop for a few days, pick it up, argue about the exorbitant repair charge etc. However, whilst it might be a bit more inconvenient to have to rely on VM's, any problems can be instantly wound back to before malware/viruses raised their heads and allow one to continue as normal – what ever normal is. Don't try installing VM's on Windoz because you'll be back at square one again. Aspro (talk) 11:44, 20 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Well, a runtime for malware can be declared as an "operating system". I have chosen an operating system I can control by my self, not being controlled by someone else. My computer is a computer, not a TV, getting its program and schedule from outside. --Hans Haase (有问题吗) 12:19, 20 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

AboutFace 22, Human engineering is a way to make the user do what can not be achieved in the technical way to compromise a system. So described between good and evil points of view. Never follow untrusted or unconfirmed information. If You need an operating system, I suggest to play with the idea about Linux Mint, MATE desktop edition, due its higher similarity to Windows appearance and behavior. --Hans Haase (有问题吗) 15:50, 22 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]