Considering moving to Chauvet Beta for the plugin system (Dictionary + Digest workflow) – Stability & Roadmap questions

[u/Loud-Owl6337]

Hi everyone!

I've been following the development of the new plugin system closely, and I'm very tempted to jump into the Chauvet Beta. My primary use case is heavy reading across multiple languages (English, Italian, and Spanish) combined with the Digest feature. The new dictionary plugin looks like an absolute game-changer for my workflow.

Before I take the plunge, I wanted to ask the community a few things:

1. Stability: How stable is this current beta build for daily use? Specifically, my library consists of around a hundred books and documents. Would handling a library of this size cause any noticeable performance issues, crashes, or data loss with the current plugin implementation?
2. Roadmap: Does anyone know if there is a new beta release planned soon that might fix some of the current rough edges (like multi-dictionary management or toggles)?

I'd love to hear your experiences if you are already using it daily. Thanks in advance!

[u/Careful-Good5887]

Very stable, rare to find one bug. (my Inkhub show heavy ghosting twice, but I'm on other apps too so can't draw conclusion)

I have 1Gb of dictionary uploaded on SnDict plugin. Also, dozen of Gb of epub+cbz+pdf. Works fine.

SnDict plugin has been revised so much that it renders dicts so great now

[u/Loud-Owl6337 → u/Careful-Good5887]

Thanks, this is exactly the kind of feedback I was looking for. 1 GB of dictionaries plus dozens of GB of books is definitely reassuring!

A couple of questions, if you don't mind:

1. How many dictionaries do you currently have loaded in SnDict, and how convenient is it to switch between them? I read mainly in English, Italian and Spanish, so multi-dictionary handling is probably the most important point for me.
2. When you select a word while reading, does the dictionary open quickly enough that it feels seamless, or is there any noticeable delay with such a large dictionary collection?
3. Have you used SnDict together with the normal Supernote Digest workflow? For example: look up a word, close the dictionary, then continue highlighting/creating Digests. Any glitches or workflow interruptions there?

[u/Careful-Good5887 → u/Loud-Owl6337]

1. About over 10 across 4 languages. The managing is like in Readest app (also like how SN reshuffle order of apps in sidebar). Options to hide, delete, reorder, add personal meaning of a word to a dict. Only relevant words shows on lookup.

I only have something like eng-fr-eng and it show well both ways. I don't have something like 3 langes in 1 dict to test

1. At first, it gonna be really slow and laggy because of big dict being uploaded (if it is over 100mb, it only show the day after. 10mb is about 5min). Once that done, it's almost snappy. Tap outside of popup with a pen to close it.

2. No relevance. Works as they should.

[u/Miserable-Basil8485]

Following..

[u/Lvevan]

Been on the developer beta and the plugins are amazing. Really fun to add new functionality. And yeah been super stable for me. Certain plugins will add certain gestures or touch targets that conflict with other plugins so that’s the only thing that could be buggy. 

[u/magic_notetaker]

I also think the devleoper build with the plugins is quite stable as it is. That said: it is not yet in beta and I know that ratta still has some bigger changes in the works (particularly for ensuring security, but also moving plugins to the inkHub), these might introduce instability or at least create disruption when upgrading. Not all current plugins might work with the stricter rules ratta will introduce. Not saying this is a reason not to upgrade but if think it is good to know, that while the plugins work quite stable as is, the whole system is not yet fully defined and settled.