A forum Spell checker. - Printable Version -Shoutbox (https://shoutbox.menthix.net) +-- Forum: MsgHelp Archive (/forumdisplay.php?fid=58) +--- Forum: General (/forumdisplay.php?fid=11) +---- Forum: Forum & Website (/forumdisplay.php?fid=13) +----- Thread: A forum Spell checker. (/showthread.php?tid=50923) A forum Spell checker. by Nathan on 09-25-2005 at 06:44 PM
Hiya, RE: A forum Spell checker. by RebelSean on 09-25-2005 at 06:47 PM
Ddunk, EvilSeph, ShawnZ, and the rest of the gang on IRC would have a field day with this. RE: A forum Spell checker. by qgroessl on 09-25-2005 at 06:47 PM I agree it's a good idea... but how many people will use it?... I for one probably won't unless there's a specific word that I'm unsure of that I'd like to know. RE: A forum Spell checker. by absorbation on 09-25-2005 at 06:49 PM dam i would use it great idea but who would script it? RE: A forum Spell checker. by Nathan on 09-25-2005 at 06:49 PM
WDZ Were are you! RE: A forum Spell checker. by Negro_Joe on 09-25-2005 at 06:50 PM im rubbish at the typing so a spellchecker would get my vote... RE: A forum Spell checker. by ShawnZ on 09-25-2005 at 06:57 PM
quote:*they're Oh, and dt's wysiwyg editor has spellchecking. Too bad it doesn't check grammar aswell, XxRebelSeanxX! RE: A forum Spell checker. by Nathan on 09-25-2005 at 06:59 PM
Yer but it's still there to be used. RE: A forum Spell checker. by _Humphreys on 09-25-2005 at 07:01 PM
I would think it would be a neat idea seeing how I sometimes mispell a word here and there. RE: A forum Spell checker. by ddunk on 09-25-2005 at 07:01 PM
A spell checker wouldn't help THAT much. quote: Are we going to have specific filters for the thousands of different "internet slang" terms? (Take for example the way you people decide to spell the word "cool." Kewl, k00l, c00l, etc) I bet those forum spell checkers don't check for grammar mistakes either. RE: A forum Spell checker. by Pr0xY on 09-25-2005 at 07:03 PM I think its a good idea. I've always wondered why we never had one before, and it something I've considered suggesting also. I'm not the best speller in the world, so I would definitly use it. RE: A forum Spell checker. by Nathan on 09-25-2005 at 07:04 PM
Yer like in Microsoft Word you can set it to change it to whatever you want. RE: A forum Spell checker. by Plik on 09-25-2005 at 07:05 PM
quote: You could use one of the php spelling librarys if the server has them. If you care that much about your spelling either take english lessons or get dt's wysiwyg editor which has this. RE: A forum Spell checker. by Pr0xY on 09-25-2005 at 07:07 PM
quote:All spell checkers do come with a ignore botton, so that wouldn't be a problem. Plus you could have a "ignore forever" feature, where it would remember the word and ignore it in every post by you afterwords if you wanted it too. Also, you wont be forced to use a spell checker, so theres really no harm in adding it. RE: A forum Spell checker. by Nathan on 09-25-2005 at 07:09 PM I can get the code (I think) RE: A forum Spell checker. by Lou on 09-25-2005 at 07:19 PM
* Lou would really like to see this RE: A forum Spell checker. by Stigmata on 09-25-2005 at 07:25 PM
tbh, RE: A forum Spell checker. by Nathan on 09-25-2005 at 07:29 PM
Yer but what happens if you have IE. RE: A forum Spell checker. by _Humphreys on 09-25-2005 at 07:29 PM
quote: True, but what about the IExplorers who live in the dark ages? RE: A forum Spell checker. by Lou on 09-25-2005 at 07:42 PM
quote: quote: [/pointing out obvious] I suggest it be added to the forums once mybb gold comes out and the forums are upgraded to it RE: A forum Spell checker. by evil_panda on 09-25-2005 at 07:47 PM As i am Dislexic lol i for one would use it on every post i make so i dont make a fool of myself RE: A forum Spell checker. by L. Coyote on 09-25-2005 at 08:00 PM
To be honest, with the hundreds of websites about grammar and spell-checking, this idea seems pointless. quote:Kami bless the bookmarklets... RE: A forum Spell checker. by Nathan on 09-25-2005 at 08:21 PM
Yer but it'd be there, so you wouldnt have to go looking through the web. RE: A forum Spell checker. by Purity on 09-25-2005 at 08:35 PM Gah, I think it's pointless... Can't see anyone using it. RE: A forum Spell checker. by saralk on 09-25-2005 at 09:06 PM
there is a spellchecker plugin for internet explorer http://www.iespell.com/ RE: A forum Spell checker. by DJeX on 09-25-2005 at 09:08 PM I'd use it RE: A forum Spell checker. by Pr0xY on 09-25-2005 at 09:42 PM
quote:BUT PLEASE Leo.... think of the n00bs... Not everyone is as familiar with the internet as you and I are. RE: A forum Spell checker. by mwe99 on 09-25-2005 at 09:48 PM If its gonna be included, make it optional, lots of people use words that are not in the set english dictionary and lots of abbreviations RE: A forum Spell checker. by brian on 09-25-2005 at 10:49 PM Ever heared of a plug-in called "SpellBound" for Firefox? Try it. RE: A forum Spell checker. by lordy on 09-26-2005 at 12:54 AM personally i think it's not a very good idea. it would take quite a while to code and you'd hafta have all the words listed and whatever. plus i doubt many people would use it, as has been said already. AND i find that most people on here can type pretty well anyway. so long as you can understand what the post is talking about then you're fine RE: A forum Spell checker. by surfichris on 09-26-2005 at 01:25 AM
quote:I think it is too. I think it's a waste of server resources to use something like pspell or aspell and I also think its lame to use an external service. You could just learn to spell. Considering most of the problems are with peoples abbreviations, this wouldn't do anything about it - and the typical person isn't going to bother spell checking their posts. RE: A forum Spell checker. by Purity on 09-26-2005 at 03:46 AM
quote:Wow, exactly. Damn, forgot to spell check. *edit* Bah, Just can't see it being so useful, sure it would be helpful the odd ocassion. But still. Not something that's gonna be worth coding etc etc.... exactly what surfi said. RE: RE: A forum Spell checker. by linx05 on 09-26-2005 at 04:05 AM
quote:I agree. Do you really think the people who come in here asking questions that have been already answered many times would even bother with a spell check? I have IEspell but I don't use it. Whenever I get a word I'm not sure about the spelling, I just search it in google and it will say "did you mean...", giving the right spelling. |