Sometimes simply defining the terms is not enough to tell the whole story. Contextual meaning is more then often crucial to understanding a word. That's where 1-Click Answers comes in. When you can't get enough information from a simple definition to even understand what you need to look for, you can use this handy app. With a simple Alt+click on a word or word combination, 1-Click Answers returns not only a quick definition for a given term, but also related information that might be useful to the search for its meaning. With this tool at your disposal, you can nail down even the most obscure words.

► TITLE & VERSION: 1-Click Answers 1.0.2.84

► LICENSE: freeware

► HOMEPAGE: http://www.answers.com/

► Software Publisher's DESCRIPTION: 1-Click Answers is a free, ad-supported, reference search service, that provides you with instant answers on more than a million topics. As opposed to standard search engines that serve up a list of links for you to follow, 1-Click Answers displays quick, snapshot answers with concise, reliable information. Our editors take our content from more than 100 authoritative encyclopedias, dictionaries, glossaries, and atlases, carefully chosen for breadth and quality. Click any word in any document on your screen for an answer.

1-Click Answers is the next-generation product of the GuruNet Corporation, which leverages its patented Answer Engine technology to bring instant answers to millions of Internet users. Thousands of dedicated fans have submitted terrific feedback over the years, and 1-Click Answers is the result of their suggestions and requests. Version 1.0.2.84 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.

► RATING & REVIEW (Download.com):  To look up information with 1-Click Answers, you just Alt+click on a word, anywhere it appears, in any program on your computer. You also can use the tiny search box that appears above the system tray to enter terms directly. The window pops up instantly, usually showing a dictionary definition in the main tab as well as other related information (for example, city and town names bring up maps, weather reports, and sometimes even travel tips). The program consumes 7MB of memory. Professional researchers and students may find the quick, focused results valuable.

► REVIEW 2 (Steve Bass, PC World columnist): Instead of giving you a list of links, 1-Click Answers (Answers.com) attempts to provide detailed information. And it works miraculously well on topics that involve people, places, words, and names. For instance, when I tried "X10," a remote-control technology, I received three pages of solid results. Results on "Hippodrome" (which I misspelled, but the site offered a correction) were also good, including details about the Hippodrome Theatre, a landmark in New York until the late thirties.

► NK's RATING & NOTES: For the first time I tried this app a while ago when it was still known as Guru.net. At that time I didn't like it: it was commercial, not very informative and consumed too much of computer resources. Now all those drawbacks have been overpassed. It's a pleasure to use 1-Click Answers and a great help. I think all translators, writers and anyone working with information should have this app on their computers.  

Just have a look HERE at what I got with the help of 1-Click Answers when I Alt+clicked Arthur Miller on my screen.

NK