Mozilla
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Firefox
Firefox is one of the most popular web-browsers available. It is supported by Mozilla, a foundation that promotes public involvement in developing and using Firefox. Through the use of addon's, Mozilla have managed to enable Firefox to be extended in a variety of ways. Mozilla have been so successful at encouraging developers to support Firefox, that there are now several thousand's of addons available.
Te Papakupu Māori for Firefox is an addon, which enables the spell-checker in Firefox to understand te reo Māori.
Installing
Follow these steps to install Te Papkupu Māori for Firefox:
- If you have not already, open this web-page with Firefox.
- Click here to prompt Firefox to install the addon.
- By default Firefox will not trust extensions from anyone (including me) from anywhere accept the Mozilla Addons site. So to continue with the installation you have to verify that it is ok to install the extension from me - Allow papakupu.maori.nz as a trusted provider of addons.
- Once the extension is downloaded and installed, you will need to restart Firefox to active it. Make a note of the location or URL of this page so that you can come back here.
- You can now start using the extension.
Testing
The quickest way to see the addon in action is to open the discussion section of this wiki page.
Once the page is open, right click inside the form - you should see a drop down menu of languages you can choose from, which now includes 'Maori' and 'Maori (Tai Tokerau)'. Select one of the dictionaries and Firefox will start underlining any words in red that it does not recognize. Right click on a word to get a list of suggestions. NOTE: This is a dictionary to check the spelling of Māori words, not a dictionary to translate from English to Māori, so any English words will either not have any suggestions or have a suggestion that is probably not helpful for te reo Māori.
If you have any problems leave a message on the discussion page or email me and I'll give you a hand.
Thunderbird
Te Papakupu Māori for Thunderbird
Thunderbird is an email client that was up until very recently supported by the Mozilla Foundation. Like Firefox, it is free to download and use. It also supports the same addon system that Firefox uses, and many of the addons, including Te Papakupu Māori for Firefox, can be used interchangeably with Thunderbird.
Te Papakupu Māori for Thunderbird is used to check your email messages while you are writing and prior to sending.
Installing
Installing the addon for Thunderbird is not quite as straight-forward as Firefox, but it is not complicated either. You should already have Thunderbird installed and configured to use your email service provider before continuing.
- Click here to download Te Papakupu Māori for Thunderbird, and make a note of where the file is saved. If you are using Firefox, you will need to right click on the link and select Save Link As.., otherwise Firefox will try to install the addon rather than just download it.
- Start Thunderbird and open the Addons window. You can find it by clicking on Tools in the menu-bar, you should then see Addons as a menu-item that you can click on.
- Click on the Install... button, then head to the location where you previously saved the file and open it.
- You should see a message that Te Papakupu Māori has been successfully installed. Restart Thunderbird to activate it.
Testing
To test, open a new message window as if you were going to send an email. Click inside the text area to start typing your message. In the toolbar at the top of the message window you should see a spell-check icon with a drop-down menu that allows you to select te reo Māori as the language of the spell-checker.
Other Mozilla Software
If you would like to see Te Papakupu Māori for other Mozilla based software. Send me an email or leave a message and I'll modify the addon to be compatible for your software.
