When the Tomísimo mobile search was released, I mentioned that it was running off a newer, expanded version of the dictionary database, which the main site still wasn’t using. Then in January I wrote that the new dictionary corpus was almost ready to go live.
It is now live.
Well, I finally did it. I forked over the $ to buy vBulletin. Here’s the story.
On Sunday, I decided to update my installation of SMF, the forum software I was previously using. The update went fairly well, I reinstalled my modifications and all looked good. The only problem (and I didn’t realize it at the time) was that there was an error in one of the script files that didn’t allow anyone to post anything. Now that’s not good.
At least I hope they’re improvements.
You might have noticed the burgundy buttons above; I’m testing out some slight design changes, and when I get it looking nice, I’ll push it out on the entire site. I know I’ve been working on redesigning the site for some time, but I’m really pushing to wrap this up and have a fresh look for 2007.
Let me know what you think.
It’s been almost a year since I have released an update to the dictionary database, but it has not been an unfruitful time. I have been actively building the database and I am very proud of what I have now. Now I have some good news and some bad news. The good news is that we’ve almost got the new corpus ready to push onto the main Tomisimo site and the bad news is it’s not quite ready yet. 
If you’d like to test out the new database and compare it with the old one, you can use the mobile Tomisimo site (pda.tomisimo.org).
Have you ever been sitting in a meeting, on a bus or in your favorite coffee shop and needed to look a Spanish word? I certainly have. Sometimes I have a small dictionary with me, but not always. So I made a phone/pda compatible version of Tomísimo so I can look up words anywhere, anytime.
You can use it too.
Just go to http://pda.tomisimo.org and search for the word you need.
I’ve tested this on a couple of phones and it seems to be working right. If you have a chance to test this out on your phone, pda, palm or other mobile device. I’d really appreciate it. If you have any problems or would like to suggest better formatting, design etc, please give me your feedback. I just created this last week and I’m more than open to improving it. You can leave feedback here in the comments or on the forums.
