Automatic spell checker?

[ZeroOne]

It would be nice to have an automatic spell checker while writing. It could do the check after pressing "Submit new post" and fix the major & some minor errors and maybe make the sentences begin with a capital letter & so on. That would make AO forums even more better. :)
If the message is full of misspellings it's rather difficult to read, and for a foreigner it's even more difficult.

-ZeroOne :cool:

... Well OK, there could also be an option "Disable automatic spell checker".

[Prat]

There are to many lazy posters out there. They need to learn how to spell on their own I think. Use a dictionary or something. Dont make things easy for people. they have sites like Spellcheck.net (http://www.spellcheck.net) for.. Just my opinion on the subject..

[thor]

Spell checker would nice.:)

[dspeidel]

You can always write a post in a spellcheck enabled editor and copy it in. I do this when I am concerned.

Cheers,

dspeidel

[Ennis]

Spell checker eh!
Then about half of the flames would stop, how many learn to spell, grammar flames have you seen in your time here!

[thor]

Good point Ennis..I stand corrected:)

[Conf1rm3d_K1ll]

Originally posted by ZeroOne
That would make AO forums even more better. :)

-ZeroOne :cool:



What about something that checks grammar!? :D

[xstonedogx]

A spell checker would be nice, but an automatic spellchecker would be an annoyance. I would not want to have to tell the spellchecker to accept my spelling every time I mention a user handle, use 1337, or use an ancronym the spellchecker does not recognize.

Some of these issues could be easily resolved. The spellchecker could have all the user names added to it's dictionary, and it could accept all acronyms by default (denoted by all caps), but that would dilute it's strength.

I would rather see a strong voluntary spellchecker than a wimpy mandatory (automatic) one.

[grigri9]

A spell checker would really just be a waste of room and valuable loading seconds. If you care enough you can use a dictionary, type it in Microsoft word or *nix equivelant. If you don't care enough to check your spelling why should someone else do it for you.

[Ennis]

Pure laziness I suppose.

[bradleylamar]

i agree with stonedog in that a voluntary spell checker would be good. for some of the people who post here, engish is not their native language and i hate to see them flamed just bc they misspelled a few words. i'm not bilingual so what right do i have to make fun of them if they can't spell everything in english correctly or do not have proper grammar. i say screw proper grammar! (sorry, i just had to let that out since i have taken all my english classes in college and will never again take an english class)

[ZeroOne]

At the end of my message I suggested the checker to be optional.
I thought the spell checker would be like in NoteTab Light ( www.notetab.com ) libraries: it's got many commonly misspelled words and if it finds one it replaces it automatically with the correct form. This way the checker wouldn't do any stupid guesses. Very clearly explained: it works like search-and-replace without any wildcards.
Grammar checker might also be good.

-ZeroOne :cool:

[stflook]

I agre. nothig iritats mee mor than postes with bad speling and englisch?

See what I mean?

[Terr]

I'd rather not have it, in favor of forum speed... I wouldn't mind something that would terminate all still-open italic/bold/underline/font/color tags before closing a quote tag block. (If you didn't get that, never mind.)

[Anirak]

Originally posted by Terr
I'd rather not have it, in favor of forum speed... I wouldn't mind something that would terminate all still-open italic/bold/underline/font/color tags before closing a quote tag block. (If you didn't get that, never mind.)
Most definantly...

[JP]

Greetings All:

Well, we have now integrated a spell checker! You'll find the button marked "Spell Check" while posting a new thread, or a new reply. Spell check will be added to private messaging in the near future as well.

Enjoy, and thanks for the suggestion!