Spell-checking for SD.Net posts!

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2004-05-22 12:52am

One catch: you have to be using the version of Konqueror which comes with KDE 3.2, which is the desktop environment in Mandrake Linux 10.0

Still, it's pretty cool. What other web browsers do automatic spell-checking for text input windows? Does Opera do it?

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2004-05-22 01:03am

Ah. For a moment there, I thought you had added a spell-check function to the actual board. I found the idea to be bad, as it would prevent us being able to weed out the idiots as quickly.

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2004-05-22 02:08am

I know of no similar feature in Opera, though I am no Opera expert.

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2004-05-22 03:59am

I believe Mozilla has a spellchecker module available; I've seen it in the Mandrake Cooker RPM lists, but haven't bothered trying it.

Sarevok · Post by **Sarevok** » 2004-05-22 08:33am

Internet Explorer does not do spell checking as far as I jnow

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2004-05-22 08:50am

evilcat4000 wrote:Internet Explorer does not do spell checking as far as I jnow

IE dosn't do ANYTHING.

Opera dosn't support, but then again, all my long posts are writin in Word.

Jon · Post by **Jon** » 2004-05-22 09:29am

I use the fantastic Internet Explorer 6. Luckily it's idiot friendly... but then I think I know how to spell as it is.

Solauren · Post by **Solauren** » 2004-05-22 09:49am

I've been known to simply open a word processor and press the 'Spell check button'

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2004-05-22 10:55am

Safari (MacOS X) does spellchecking as well. It's based on the KHTML engine, but uses OS X's native spellcheck service. I think Mozilla has a component, too.

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2004-05-22 04:51pm

DPDarkPrimus wrote:Ah. For a moment there, I thought you had added a spell-check function to the actual board. I found the idea to be bad, as it would prevent us being able to weed out the idiots as quickly.

not necessarily. spellcheckers are great for making sure you got the complicated words right, but horrible for catching grammatical mistakes. idiots would still miss those. (ie - spellcheckers can't seem to distinguish between context usages of their, they're, and there, as all are spelled correctly yet mean different things, depending on usage).

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2004-05-22 04:59pm

Both Safari and OmniWeb on OS X use the system's built-in spell-checker, which is available for any native text field in any Cocoa application (IM clients, text editors, web browsers, mail clients, et cetera ... all use the same dictionary). I use Safari.

YT300000 · Post by **YT300000** » 2004-05-22 05:04pm

I can spell, thanks anyway.

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2004-05-22 06:09pm

If I'm really concerned about spelling, I can always copy and paste my post into word and type there, so I probably wouldn't have much use for a feature like that.

beesids, i m reelee gud at speleen. in fackt, i m not mispeleen enny werds in this sentens.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2004-05-22 10:48pm

I don't need a spell checker, and I will oppose any spell check addition to the board. 1: Trolls will be spotted more easily, and 2: misspellings don't bother me.

Ma Deuce · Post by **Ma Deuce** » 2004-05-23 01:14am

Bah, despite it's superior attributes, you shouldn't use Linux because: