Dictionary Robot - Revision history

ThePlaz: fix link

2009-03-29T17:56:48Z

fix link

ThePlaz: write more

2009-03-01T03:08:57Z

write more

ThePlaz: add design myself

2009-02-28T20:54:05Z

add design myself

ThePlaz: add much more of the history

2009-02-28T20:44:44Z

add much more of the history

ThePlaz at 18:09, 28 February 2009

2009-02-28T18:09:57Z

ThePlaz: add restart in 2009

2009-02-28T18:08:59Z

add restart in 2009

ThePlaz: remove stub

2008-10-18T16:42:09Z

remove stub

ThePlaz: write short stub with logo

2007-12-29T23:15:42Z

write short stub with logo

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[[Image:Dictionary Robot Logo.png|thumb]]
'''Dictionary Robot''' [http://dictionaryrobot.com] is a site I started to make in the Summer of 2007 to help users look up a bunch of words at once. It currently kinda works. It's purpose was to help students do their vocab homework much faster. As of now development is frozen.

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 ==Restart in 2009==
-The site sat barely-working from August 2007 until February 2009.  I had considered it a failure and deemphasized it from my accomplishments list.  I restarted work on the project for the [FreshBrain http://freshbrain.org] scholarship contest.  It only took a few hours to get the site working again.
+The site sat barely-working from August 2007 until February 2009.  I had considered it a failure and deemphasized it from my accomplishments list.  I restarted work on the project for the [http://freshbrain.org FreshBrain] scholarship contest.  It only took a few hours to get the site working again.
 I decided to remove all of the js and iframe visual elements.  I decided it was more important for the site to be fast and work reliability than to have nice page loading transitions.  In the future I should use Javascript to build more functionality - not add visual effects.
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 [[Image:Dictionary Robot Logo.png|thumb]]
-'''Dictionary Robot''' [http://dictionaryrobot.com] is a site I made to help users look up a bunch of words at once.  It's purpose is to help students do their vocab homework much faster.
+'''Dictionary Robot''' [http://dictionaryrobot.com] is a site I made to help users look up a bunch of words at once. Its purpose is to help students complete their vocabulary homework in less time. The target users are students in grades 3-9.
 ==Initial Development==

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 ==Initial Development==
 I spent about a month off and on doing initial development in the summer of 2007.  I had created the site because I had an [[AP Psychology]] vocab project.  Steps:
-#design and branding
+#design and branding (I did all of the design myself)
 #rounded corners box
 #open/close javascript

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 [[Image:Dictionary Robot Logo.png|thumb]]
-'''Dictionary Robot''' [http://dictionaryrobot.com] is a site I started to make in the Summer of 2007 to help users look up a bunch of words at once.  It currently kinda works.  It's purpose was to help students do their vocab homework much faster.  I spent about a month doing initial development.
+'''Dictionary Robot''' [http://dictionaryrobot.com] is a site I made to help users look up a bunch of words at once.  It's purpose is to help students do their vocab homework much faster.
 ==Restart in 2009==
-I restarted work on the project for the FreshBrain scholarship contest.
+The site sat barely-working from August 2007 until February 2009.  I had considered it a failure and deemphasized it from my accomplishments list.  I restarted work on the project for the [FreshBrain http://freshbrain.org] scholarship contest.  It only took a few hours to get the site working again.
-I decided to remove all of the scriptacilous visual things.  I decided it was more important for the site to be fast and work than to have visual flash.  Javascript is good for making the site feel more interactive - however the open/close motion I was using it for was pure animation.
+I decided to remove all of the js and iframe visual elements.  I decided it was more important for the site to be fast and work reliability than to have nice page loading transitions.  In the future I should use Javascript to build more functionality - not add visual effects.
 [[Category:Tech]]

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 [[Image:Dictionary Robot Logo.png|thumb]]
-'''Dictionary Robot''' [http://dictionaryrobot.com] is a site I started to make in the Summer of 2007 to help users look up a bunch of words at once.  It currently kinda works.  It's purpose was to help students do their vocab homework much faster.  As of now development is frozen.
+'''Dictionary Robot''' [http://dictionaryrobot.com] is a site I started to make in the Summer of 2007 to help users look up a bunch of words at once.  It currently kinda works.  It's purpose was to help students do their vocab homework much faster.  I spent about a month doing initial development.
 ==Restart in 2009==

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 '''Dictionary Robot''' [http://dictionaryrobot.com] is a site I started to make in the Summer of 2007 to help users look up a bunch of words at once.  It currently kinda works.  It's purpose was to help students do their vocab homework much faster.  As of now development is frozen.
-[[Category:Technology]]
+[[Category:Tech]]
-{{Stub}}