Feature Request: Spellcheck?

I’m aggree!!

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

Yes, it would be a good thing to have. Even though I can usually spell, I can not always type it right.

-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com

haha. I see Giz. It seems like browsers are slowly adding spellcheckers, e.g. Firefox has built-in one. But I will consider adding one after researching more about its implementation. Thanks.

-- Martin, http://lumberjocks.com | My Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/people/Martin_Sojka/1357216976

Just install IE spellchecker, thats what I did. It works great.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

How do I install it on everyone’s computer?

-- -John "Do I have to keep typing a smiley? Just assume it's a joke." www.flickr.com/photos/gizmodyne

Thanks, Dick!

-- Jesus is Lord!

I should have shown this link instead.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

Eye agre withe everyon abot a spelchekr. I lik Dick’s adise but I use Safari on a Mac and knot IE.

-- http://foldingrule.blogspot.com

By the way – Martin thanks for such an awesome site and all the goodies we have! Sometimes it is easy to take good things for granted.

-- http://foldingrule.blogspot.com

—-also, if you are using FireFox there is a spell checker included in the newest release!

For longer writing such as when I blog, I use www.blogdesk.org which is good for saving posts and also includes a spell checker.

And then best of all is www.openoffice.org. which gives me graphics, writer and HTML plus much more and also includes a spell checker.

All of these are free downloads and will continue to keep you going problem free, however I still would suggest starting with FireFox; http://en-us.www.mozilla.com/en-US/”>www.mozilla.com/en-US/”>http://en-us.www.mozilla.com/en-US/

GODSPEED,
Frank

-- --frank, NH, http://frank.wordpress.com/

Frank -

Thanks for the excellent links!

-- http://foldingrule.blogspot.com

—-sorry that link for Firefox did not work so here is one that does work; http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/

GODSPEED,
Frank

-- --frank, NH, http://frank.wordpress.com/

David, I use Safari also and it has a spell checker under the “edit” menu pulldown. At least my version does.

-- Better to say nothing and be thought the fool... then to speak and erase all doubt.

Amen, I feel dumb when I reread a post and notice that I made a stupid errors or omissions. I could always type the post in Word and copy and paste it. I’m a little lazy, though! I’ll have to check out Dick’s link.

-- Jeff, South Carolina

Dick, I just now got around to following your link to the IE Spell checker. I downloaded it via CNET. It’s the perfect utility for forums, emails, and blog type entries. If anyone is looking for a free IE spellchecker, this one does the trick. Follow Dick’s link above.

-- Jeff, South Carolina

I’d suggest switching to Firefox as the dictionary/spell checker built into the browser is quite good. Best of all, it works on any site you go to.

Scott

I switched to Firefox awhile back and I didn’t even realize that there was a spell checker in it. I guess I just figured that places like this had the spellchecker…never thought about it being in firefox. I would never go back to MS internet explorer after Firefox. -SST

-- Accuracy is not in your power tool, it's in you

Yes, I normally use FF. (But I use IE when I want to view the videos, don’t ask me why.)

What I usually do is post, and then review my copy for spelling errors that the spell checker will not find like “thyme” or “would working”. If I find one, I use the edit button and then repost.

-- John

BTW, I would not recommend downloading updates to your xp or vista with FF. :-)

-- John

Funny Giz, yeah lots of us knead spell checker. I tend to catch at least one tpyo after posting, so the 60 minute timers been a big help. Maybe a grammer check or an intuitive homophone checker would be a good one?

I bounce between safari and firefox. I like both, but for different reasons. I think Safari looks better, but sometimes Firefox functions better. Camino is almost a perfect hybrid – if only it handles RSS links like Safari I’d be golden – Well, almost golden. Sometimes if I check from work (and I’m not saying I do) Camino will freeze when posting, usually a refresh takes care of it, but it happens often enough to be annoying. Safari doesn’t do it on the same network…

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

I like Safari better as well—but the toolbar didn’t load for Safari.
But… video downloads (ex. woodworking channel) won’t view with firefox on my Mac but they will with Safari – I probably just have to “check” some box but it’s easier just to open up Safari

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

I use google toolbar and it has a spell checker built into it. It’s not interactive, you have to click to say check spelling.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com