> nerds like Japanese so it's no surprise that Japanese has the best arrangement of apps and websites.
It might not be a surprise... but is it true?
Pleco (for Chinese) seems to reach a standard well above what's available for Japanese, despite the twin facts that (a) Chinese has much less cultural currency in the English-speaking world than Japanese does; and (b) Pleco is not at all a complex app.† It's a dictionary viewer. In fact, it's a dictionary viewer that is not capable of correctly identifying word breaks; you have to handle that job yourself.
My brother and sister study Japanese and they use jisho, which is much worse. When I hassle them about it, they're not aware of anything better.
† In its primary and most useful function. It does have some complicated functionality available, like handwriting recognition and OCR through the camera.
It might not be a surprise... but is it true?
Pleco (for Chinese) seems to reach a standard well above what's available for Japanese, despite the twin facts that (a) Chinese has much less cultural currency in the English-speaking world than Japanese does; and (b) Pleco is not at all a complex app.† It's a dictionary viewer. In fact, it's a dictionary viewer that is not capable of correctly identifying word breaks; you have to handle that job yourself.
My brother and sister study Japanese and they use jisho, which is much worse. When I hassle them about it, they're not aware of anything better.
† In its primary and most useful function. It does have some complicated functionality available, like handwriting recognition and OCR through the camera.