The better the day, the better the deed, as Shakespeare didn't say. But for everything he did say Ben amd I are thrilled to announce that we've reached the end of a 6-month development phase and can launch the 3.0 version of Shakespeare's Words.
We’ve received many suggestions for new
features over the past decade, and all are now implemented in the new edition
of the site. These include:
The site now runs up to ten
times faster than before.
All texts are shown in a First
Folio or Quarto edition alongside the modern text
All Folio & Quarto
spellings of words are now in the Glossary
The Circles showing the relationships between characters are
now interactive: click on a name to see that character's part in the play
We've rebuilt the search
engine, and added auto-completion functionality for word-search and
character-search - start typing a word…
You can now search for words
used by individual characters and in individual plays or poems
With rebuilt advanced search
function, it’s easy to see if a particular word is being used nearby your
search word
And most importantly, the site
is now mobile-adaptive, so people can explore it on their cell-phone or tablet.
Shakespeare’s Words is now pocket-sized!
In order to meet the substantial costs incurred
in developing this new site we've introduced a ticketing model: after a limited
free exploration, those who wish to carry on using the site can purchase access
for a day, a month, a year, or a decade. As before, once running costs are
covered, we intend to make donations to theatre companies that receive no
public subscription.
Please feel free to circulate this to any of your
contacts who might like to hear this news.
