File Details |
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| File Size | 6.6 MB |
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| License | Shareware, $15.00 |
| Operating System | Windows 2000/9x/Server 2003/XP |
| Date Added | August 26, 2004 |
| Total Downloads | 2,915 |
| Publisher | SoftBear |
| Homepage | Pardon |
Publisher's Description
Pardon is an extensible electronic dictionary for your computer. It gives you access to many extensive dictionaries that can be freely downloaded from our Web-site. Additionally, it provides integrated access to many online dictionaries and encyclopedias.
Latest Reviews
bokhylla reviewed v3.1 on Jan 7, 2006
It works great and I am really amazed. Björn Lundahl, Göteborg, Sweden
thehunger reviewed v3.1 Beta on Aug 23, 2004
Another nice freeware app that's gone shareware, after having received valuable input from testers.
Fine. It's not that big a deal, but I'm still lowering my rating a bit because of this.
himan reviewed v3.0 Beta 2 on Feb 19, 2004
This program is excellent! It runs without problems, and the dictionary is great. I love the relations stuff in this new beta. I see ppl complain about IE, but in my opinion that is only a small feature of the program, and you dont have to use it! Recommended!
Pimpologist reviewed v3.0 Beta 2 on Feb 19, 2004
Dictionary.com...
nuff said.
tam7 reviewed v3.0 Beta on Feb 17, 2004
Everest (http://www.free-soft.ro/), even with its little weaknesses, is much better.
thehunger reviewed v3.0 Beta on Feb 17, 2004
Don't hold your breath waiting for additional dictionaries. If you look at Softbear's website forum, you'll see that they promised additional dictionaries and other stuff ages ago and haven't followed up. Perfectly understandable - some programmers are still in school - but they made promises and didn't follow up. The question becomes: why bother? A: only if the app with -currently- available dictionaries do it for you...
JEdwardP reviewed v3.0 Beta on Feb 17, 2004
I don't like the fact that it uses IE, but I can't take off for that, because I never use any of the online functions anyway, and very likely still wouldn't, even if it used a better browser.
I simply use it as a self-contained dictionary, and for that purpose, it's quite good. I give it 4 stars instead of 5 because I wish it were more compact, like WordWeb (free version).
ohmymy reviewed v3.0 Beta on Feb 17, 2004
IE... never!
star51L reviewed v2.1 on Jan 18, 2004
My kids will learn more from this program with IE than without this program and Mozilla;-)
kbyron reviewed v2.1 on Jan 18, 2004
This program insists that your browser be IE. Without it the online functions will not work. What about those of us who refuse to use IE? Some of us prefer Mozilla.
It was a good idea, but falls short.
bokhylla reviewed v3.1 on Jan 7, 2006
It works great and I am really amazed. Björn Lundahl, Göteborg, Sweden
thehunger reviewed v3.1 Beta on Aug 23, 2004
Another nice freeware app that's gone shareware, after having received valuable input from testers.
Fine. It's not that big a deal, but I'm still lowering my rating a bit because of this.
himan reviewed v3.0 Beta 2 on Feb 19, 2004
This program is excellent! It runs without problems, and the dictionary is great. I love the relations stuff in this new beta. I see ppl complain about IE, but in my opinion that is only a small feature of the program, and you dont have to use it! Recommended!
Pimpologist reviewed v3.0 Beta 2 on Feb 19, 2004
Dictionary.com...
nuff said.
tam7 reviewed v3.0 Beta on Feb 17, 2004
Everest (http://www.free-soft.ro/), even with its little weaknesses, is much better.
thehunger reviewed v3.0 Beta on Feb 17, 2004
Don't hold your breath waiting for additional dictionaries. If you look at Softbear's website forum, you'll see that they promised additional dictionaries and other stuff ages ago and haven't followed up. Perfectly understandable - some programmers are still in school - but they made promises and didn't follow up. The question becomes: why bother? A: only if the app with -currently- available dictionaries do it for you...
JEdwardP reviewed v3.0 Beta on Feb 17, 2004
I don't like the fact that it uses IE, but I can't take off for that, because I never use any of the online functions anyway, and very likely still wouldn't, even if it used a better browser.
I simply use it as a self-contained dictionary, and for that purpose, it's quite good. I give it 4 stars instead of 5 because I wish it were more compact, like WordWeb (free version).
ohmymy reviewed v3.0 Beta on Feb 17, 2004
IE... never!
star51L reviewed v2.1 on Jan 18, 2004
My kids will learn more from this program with IE than without this program and Mozilla;-)
kbyron reviewed v2.1 on Jan 18, 2004
This program insists that your browser be IE. Without it the online functions will not work. What about those of us who refuse to use IE? Some of us prefer Mozilla.
It was a good idea, but falls short.
bellj reviewed v2.0 Beta Updated on Dec 27, 2002
Installation was easy and suprise-free! The dictionary is very fast (thanks to a handy auto-complete feature) and includes synonyms, antonyms and even quotes to illustrate usage. I had no problem finding any of the test words I tried, and also saw lots of people, geographic locations and slang terms included. Would be interesting to know who compiles these dictionaries -- as a US English user I didn't agree with a few of the slang terms I saw (ex. Pardon includes both "cissy" and "sissy" but most US English dictionaries only include the latter spelling) -- but I found that to be a very minor point in an excellent program. Wasn't able to test Pardon's ability to add dictionaries over the web as no new material was online yet, but the capability sounds very useful. Very fair and reasonable licensing -- free for personal use, $15 per person for commercial use. Look forward to seeing how program develops. -- JB
pk2000 reviewed v2.0 Beta Updated on Dec 23, 2002
Seems to be a very well thought out and operational program. Installed flawlessly and runs great. Keep up the great work!