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 Freak
     
Location: Usually Alaska, now MSP.
Gender: Male
Hypocrite
 |  |  | Spell Checking?
< on 11/30/2003 8:25 PM >
|  | | | Hey Av, would it be possible/simple to add a spell checking feature to the forum? I think this has been mentioned before, and I know I could copy my posts into Word but I'm just too darn lazy (as a lot of other people on here obviously are as well) For some reason I'm dyslexic when I read over my posts in the preview and it seems like 80% of the time when I have a spelling error or typo I don't notice it until I see the post a couple more times.
Maybe you could also implement something that returns an error if you try to submit a post with too much leetspeak or lack of punctuation ;) Sort of like an automatic Crossfire/Ninjalicious.
Turn off the internet and go play outside.
http://spamusement...hp/comics/view/137 |
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Avatar-X
 
Alpha Husky
Location: West Coast
Gender: Male
yay!
| | | Re: Spell Checking?
<Reply # 1 on 11/30/2003 10:23 PM >
| | | | nah, a server-side spellchecking solution costs $1000+. unless you want to donate that amount, we're gonna have to live without it.
i never use spellcheck anyway. here's a solution: learn how to spell!
huskies - such fluff. |
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Stewie
 
Location: Hamilton, Ontario
Gender: Male
kill your idols
| | | Re: Spell Checking?
<Reply # 2 on 11/30/2003 11:24 PM >
| | | | There are plugins for Internet Explorer and other browsers that you can use. Try searching at www.download.com .
EDIT: Just found one for IE: http://download.com.com/3000-2378-10220980.html?tag=lst-0-12
[last edit 11/30/2003 11:26 PM by Stewie - edited 1 times]
> The hierarchy of power dictates that the person with the most power does the least amount of work and retains the highest benefit. |
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rogerneon
Location: Portland, Oregon USA
Gender: Male
| |  |  | Re: Spell Checking?
<Reply # 3 on 11/30/2003 11:28 PM >
| | | | Posted by Avatar-X
i never use spellcheck anyway. here's a solution: learn how to spell!
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LOL! And to that one I might add: "get a pocket dictionary."
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Freak
Location: Usually Alaska, now MSP.
Gender: Male
Hypocrite
| | | Re: Spell Checking?
<Reply # 4 on 11/30/2003 11:41 PM >
| | | | OK, how about the automatic newb-flamer though? can we have something that virtually bitchslaps you for using "teh" or "lol" too many times in one post?
Turn off the internet and go play outside.
http://spamusement...hp/comics/view/137 |
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Avatar-X
Alpha Husky
Location: West Coast
Gender: Male
yay!
| | | Re: Spell Checking?
<Reply # 6 on 12/1/2003 3:10 AM >
| | | | notice how they all require word or whatever?
i am not going to load microsoft word onto my webserver, and invoke it for the sole purpose of spell checking. it's a memory hog and would slow stuff down a lot.
huskies - such fluff. |
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Downtown D-Low Brown
Location: The Ill Noize.
Gender: Male
The game is the game.
| | | Re: Spell Checking?
<Reply # 7 on 12/1/2003 3:22 AM >
|  | | | Av said it best: learn how to spell!
Or if you slip up there is always the modify button, remember that? I thought that's what it was there for. 
~D
[last edit 12/1/2003 3:22 AM by Downtown D-Low Brown - edited 1 times]
The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist.
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Avatar-X
Alpha Husky
Location: West Coast
Gender: Male
yay!
| | | Re: Spell Checking?
<Reply # 8 on 12/1/2003 3:32 AM >
| | | | yeah, i mean seriously. people need to pick up some novels and start reading more, they'd get so much out of it. books are great. you learn spelling, facts, everything. put down the gamepad and pick up a book!
huskies - such fluff. |
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Detroit
Moderator
Location: Ottawa /Gatineau /Montreal
Gender: Male
4-aminophenol and 2-5% potassium hydroxide
| |  | | Re: Spell Checking?
<Reply # 9 on 12/1/2003 3:38 PM >
| | | | Posted by Avatar-X
yeah, i mean seriously. people need to pick up some novels and start reading more, they'd get so much out of it. books are great. you learn spelling, facts, everything. put down the gamepad and pick up a book!
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Duh ...I tried but I couldn't find the buttons to refresh the paper screen. 
It is amazing how many people don't read.
(Feel free to delete this completely off topic, utterly useless post)
edit - HA! I thought of something relevant to add to my post!
You can always craft a reply in the forum editor, select and cut your text, paste it into a word processor (i.e. Word), spell check, and then cut and re-paste the checked text back into the forum text editor.
[last edit 12/1/2003 3:42 PM by Detroit - edited 1 times]
The end of the beginning is the beginning of the end. |
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Downtown D-Low Brown
Location: The Ill Noize.
Gender: Male
The game is the game.
| | | Re: Spell Checking?
<Reply # 10 on 12/1/2003 4:28 PM >
| | | | Posted by Detroit
It is amazing how many people don't read.
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Not really, considering that for the last fifty or so years there have been other things in other media to keep everyone from doing anything requiring the use of actual thought.
edit - HA! I thought of something relevant to add to my post!
You can always craft a reply in the forum editor, select and cut your text, paste it into a word processor (i.e. Word), spell check, and then cut and re-paste the checked text back into the forum text editor.
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You're a genius Detroit, though I'm sure that will still take too long for some people. 
~D
The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist.
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