ABSTRACT

TAMIL AGARAADHI PLUGIN FOR GOOGLE CHROME

INTRODUCTION:

Do you usually face the situation that, when you are reading some articles
online but there are some new words that you don’t know and you are eager to know
the meaning of those words in your native language.?

Then you have to open your Dictionary Desktop app, or load a new online
dictionary service, and then re-type the new words or copy it and paste. Then wait
for seconds for the word meaning to appear (if you use online dictionary). This could
slow down you a lot when you are reading because it takes time for you to catch up
with what you have been reading. There are other problems like you have to select
the right dictionary, you misspell the words etc…

TAMIL AGARAADHI:

This extension simply opens a popup with meaning of the word on which you
have double clicked in your Chrome browser .

 PLUGIN FILES:

Extensions are small software programs that can modify and

enhance the functionality of the Chrome browser .One has to write them using web
technologies such as HTML, JavaScript, and CSS .Initially Tamil Agaraadhi plugin
has a manifest file which is written in JSON .This manifest file has one or more
HTML files linked to it.

 CONTENT SCRIPT:

This extension needs to interact with web pages, then it needs

a content script. A content script is some JavaScript that executes in the context of a
page that's been loaded into the browser .A content script can exchange messages
with its parent extension and server.

Usually browser has a browser action and a page action when an

extension is installed. Page action has background pages defined by HTML files.

 .crx FILE:

Tamil Agaraadhi is a downloadable kind of installable web

app.Extensions bundle all their files into a single file that the user downloads and
installs.  When one distributes his/her extension, the contents of the folder are
packaged into a special ZIP file that has a .crx suffix.

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WORKING:

So what does this plugin do…?

The user has to double click a word to know the meaning. Then that
particular word is identified by the content script.Then the identified word is passed
to the server which in turn returns the tamil meaning to the browser.

CONTENT

SCRIPT

SERVER
BROWSER
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In addition to the meaning,the user can also know exact Tamil word for
selected text.This is also done in same manner as above.Hence the server returns
both the Tamil word and Tamil meaning to the browser.

ADDITIONAL FEATURES:

If the user is not satisfied by the meaning alone and he/she wants to
know the usage of that word in Tamil,an option is provided for user to know the
usage.

CONCLUSION:

Thus the user can simply know the meaning by double clicking a
word.This plugin is very helpful for user and also it is easy to download and install in
Chrome browser.