Spell checking issue solved!

The Floyd · Post by **The Floyd** » Mon May 16, 2005 4:46 pm

www.google.com now has their new google toolbar available. This nifty gadget have the ability to spell check posts on fourms. Sweet Deal!!!

The Floyd · Post by **The Floyd** » Mon May 16, 2005 4:48 pm

sorry for the double post but I just realized that this new toolbar doesn't correct bad grammar.....

AbsoluteDestiny · Post by **AbsoluteDestiny** » Mon May 16, 2005 4:51 pm

English lessons are probably going to be more useful in the long run.

The Floyd · Post by **The Floyd** » Mon May 16, 2005 5:24 pm

Since I know your a teacher, Im not going to argue with that point. Spell Checking is ruining generations and making people lazy. I'm lazy.

angelx03 · Post by **angelx03** » Mon May 16, 2005 5:26 pm

It's not only that people can't spell. Some people just suck at typing.

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Mon May 16, 2005 5:29 pm

Yeah, I feel quite sorry for people with big hands/fingers.

And then even I had a bad spell a week or two ago when I kept mistyping stuff like crazy...

...anyway, perhaps the problem shouldn't be there at all, since for those who are so darn conscious of their spelling problems, there are always word processors - type up your reply there, then post it.

bum · Post by **bum** » Mon May 16, 2005 9:25 pm

Their's a spell checker extention for firefox with varios dictionaries. However I fid it beter not to use it and to just push myself to type properly. making a small mistake or 2 in a post should make any different, long as its neat and reable english (not leet or sms language)

Otohiko wrote:Yeah, I feel quite sorry for people with big hands/fingers.

I manage fine with mine with my gigantic hands which measure at um..... 1.8 12cm cd's.

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Mon May 16, 2005 9:46 pm

bum wrote:Their's a spell checker extention for firefox with varios dictionaries. However I fid it beter not to use it and to just push myself to type properly. making a small mistake or 2 in a post should make any different, long as its neat and reable english (not leet or sms language)

I can't tell if that paragraph was intentional.

Though honestly, I don't think bad spelling is such a big deal. You (ok, *I*) can manage to make absolutely no sense whatsoever without making a single spelling or grammar error.

And I was told that I have very 'girly' hands...

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Anyways, what was the original intention of the thread here? I don't think the Google toolbar is a forum feature, but rather a browser feature. In which case it's not particularly a site suggestion, rather a suggestion to its' users.

Or is that a suggestion to suggest it to its' users?

The Floyd · Post by **The Floyd** » Mon May 16, 2005 10:28 pm

It was merely informative for posters. I can imagine there are people out there wishing this forum had spell checking. The question may have been asked before. Plus, I figure this is the best place to post such a thread considering the information's value to some people.

trythil · Post by **trythil** » Mon May 16, 2005 10:40 pm

The Floyd wrote:It was merely informative for posters. I can imagine there are people out there wishing this forum had spell checking. The question may have been asked before. Plus, I figure this is the best place to post such a thread considering the information's value to some people.

In the spirit of that comment, I would like to point out that KHTML, KDE's HTML rendering engine, has a spell-checker with misspelled word highlighting built into every form component.

So, uh, I guess you should switch over to a GNU/Linux system running KDE, or something.