The 3.0 version of Shakespeare’s Words is now available. An OP dimension is scheduled for 23 April 2021.
New features 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: you can 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 and maintaining this new site we 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 longer.