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Postby expat » Sat Nov 11, 2006 12:02 pm

Just a quick question, I noticed today that when I write a post  in the compose window before posting, and I spell a word incorrectly I get a nice red line under it to indicate the incorrect spelling. Yesterday I upgraded Firefox to the latest version, so my question is: Has Firefox "added" something to web based inputs or is this part of the new server here at SimV. What ever the answer it is a great feature.

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Re: Spell checker

Postby Woodlouse2002 » Sat Nov 11, 2006 12:38 pm

It's Firefox.
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Re: Spell checker

Postby ozzy72 » Sat Nov 11, 2006 12:43 pm

Firefox, we've just got a link to dictionary.com ;D
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Re: Spell checker

Postby Hagar » Tue Nov 14, 2006 1:12 pm

The Google Toolbar has a similar option in IE6. (I haven't installed IE7.) Spell checkers could be useful in some circumstances but they can't distinguish between similar sounding words. That's the most common error I've noticed on this forum & the Internet as a whole. In fact it seems to be getting worse.
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Re: Spell checker

Postby Felix/FFDS » Tue Nov 14, 2006 11:12 pm

That's the most common error I've noticed on this forum & the Internet as a whole. In fact it seems to be getting worse.


Wood it be worse to get a spell cheque programme good enough to cache miss spilt words, or are we domed as is the hole of the Internet?
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