Spell checker

[hakko504]

Would it be possible to add a spell checker to the 'preview post' button? I imagine it would help quite a lot of people to get spelling right in their posts. It shouldn't actually correct anything, but rather just underline unknown words in the preview pane.

[ReTroAcTive]

if i write a big post and am worried about spelling i copy my post into an e mail message and spell check it there and paste it back if i screwed up a few words.

[markrb]

I would love a spell checker, but I think the forum is pretty tight on CPU cycles and that would just add to it.

Mark

[cypher_soundz]

i agree it would also help the non-english speakers to write posts/reply’s.
So maybe just a post to a spell checker web site? ...it's kinda the next best thing.

i normally open word , but it would be good if i didnt have to! maybe a link to a GPL "office like" program i saw a post on here not long ago...is this kinda getting off topic?

[TetarZ]

A spell checker would be cool. For instance I always use those lame keyboard at my university and they suck!!! I get a lot of typing errors.... But the main pb could come from either of two things:
-CPU:doing a search on a whole ispell dictionary for every single word of a post even in a mysql db is slow!!
-Coding: Doom9's forum runs on vbulletin and there code is non free. It is probably hell to modify because not properly documented , Doom9 cannot distribute the source code for someone else to modify and he definitly has no time for this ,he might not even be allowed to modify it!!!

[The Edge]

Absolutely not. I never spell anything vrong.

Looks like a spell checker could have been useful here :)

I feel it's not really worth the effort. I can live with the odd spelling mistake.

Edge

[hakko504]

Originally posted by The Edge
Looks like a spell checker could have been useful here :) That was intentional:p, as I don't think anyone will be able to spell everything right all the time.:devil: Only the second and third alternatives in the poll were serious.

[The Edge]

Doh.......didn't see that!
I'm an idiot!

:stupid: :stupid: :stupid:

Edge

[cypher_soundz]

For people who don't like spending loads of money for a spellchecker (i.e microsoft word)
http://www.openoffice.org is a good alternative and its free :D (works on mac/linux/windows)

[TetarZ]

Well if you want free alternatives fo spell-checking go for ispell or aspell.
As for M$ office try star-office it's good but not gpl.
I peersonally like LaTeX much better.

[jcsston]

ieSpell (http://www.iespell.com/) is a nice free spell checker that works right in Internet Explorer :eek: I use when posting all the time.

[cypher_soundz]

Thanks for the link , that’s a nice little plug in. Makes life a lot easier.

[SeeMoreDigital]

A spell chcker would be a great idea. Like the one they have on the AVS forum!

[alexnoe]

I have never seen a working spell checker...

[mf]

Originally posted by TetarZ
-Coding: Doom9's forum runs on vbulletin and there code is non free. It is probably hell to modify because not properly documented , Doom9 cannot distribute the source code for someone else to modify and he definitly has no time for this ,he might not even be allowed to modify it!!!
There is a huge vB modification scene with lots of hacks for just about anything. It wouldn't surprise me if there's several spellcheckers around.

Originally posted by alexnoe
I have never seen a working spell checker...
UBB used to have a builtin one that leeched off some spellchecking site, but it closed down.