For many of us, the Web is a great research and learning tool.
It can be hard to make the most of it, though, as when we encounter an unfamiliar term or a concept that we want to follow up on, it can be a pain to navigate away from our tab. QuickWiki is a great extension for Firefox that makes it easy to stay focused, letting you right-click any word or phrase to bring up a definition from Wiktionary or an entry from Wikipedia. Here's how to use it:
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It can be hard to make the most of it, though, as when we encounter an unfamiliar term or a concept that we want to follow up on, it can be a pain to navigate away from our tab. QuickWiki is a great extension for Firefox that makes it easy to stay focused, letting you right-click any word or phrase to bring up a definition from Wiktionary or an entry from Wikipedia. Here's how to use it:
- Install the QuickWiki extension.
- The next time you spot a word that hasn't quite made it into your vocabulary, select it, then either hold down Shift while right-clicking it or just right-click it and then select "QuickWiki" from the context menu. If it's in Wiktionary, you should see a definition pop up right away. Click anywhere on your tab to kill the pop-up.
- If you want more information, you can select a term, then either hold down the Ctrl key wile right-clicking or right-click for the QuickWiki menu. The Wikipedia search is a bit trickier than the Wiktionary search, as the term must be a precise match to yield any results.
- If you're inspired to look up something that's not actually written on your page, you can press Ctrl-space to bring up a small search window. Enter your term, then press Enter for Wiktionary or Ctrl-Enter for Wikipedia.
- You may want to explore the QuickWiki options to change appearance, language, or hot keys. Click the Firefox menus button in the top left, then Add-ons, then select the Extensions tab, then click "Options."

QuickWiki context menu
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QuickWIki Wiktionary pop-up
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QuickWIki Wikipedia pop-up
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QuickWIki search window
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QuickWiki options screen
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