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Spellchecking is back!

wizwiz Posts: 1,100
in The Commons

Thank you, forum coder, whoever you are.

I did so miss iOS native spellchecking. It's a little thing, but it means a lot to some of us.

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  • FSMCDesignsFSMCDesigns Posts: 12,843

    nnot shur eye C the prblem devil

  • wizwiz Posts: 1,100
    FSMCDesigns said:

    nnot shur eye C the prblem devil

    Your knot looking at it write.

  • Daywalker DesignsDaywalker Designs Posts: 3,586

    Put knot ur fath in spill chekurs. cheeky

  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604

    Ey dont du spels, sew dont knead no spel chequer

  • 3Diva3Diva Posts: 11,973

    This thread made me literally laugh out loud. Thanks guys! :)

  • Subtropic PixelSubtropic Pixel Posts: 2,388

    (sigh)

    Upon first seeing the subject, I thought that maybe it was cool again to proofread our writings before we hit "send".  I'll happily take any change in the current trend.  Sadly, I realize now that I was wrong.  sad

    Having a spell-checker is nice and all (and thank you), but it does little if the writer doesn't care to use it, right?

    Bonus points if you can find a mispelling in this post.  wink

     

  • wizwiz Posts: 1,100
    divamakeup said:

    This thread made me literally laugh out loud. Thanks guys! :)

    Glad we could bring a chuckle to your day.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,859
    ...so does it finally flag typos in words with less than four letters?
  • SpitSpit Posts: 2,342

    Tisting, tisting.

  • Ron KnightsRon Knights Posts: 2,112

    I use Chrome on the Mac, and the spell checker appears to operate by default. I get warned of errors as I'm typing. I fail to see why others have spelling problems.

  • Stryder87Stryder87 Posts: 899
    Subtropic Pixel said:

    (sigh)

    Upon first seeing the subject, I thought that maybe it was cool again to proofread our writings before we hit "send".  I'll happily take any change in the current trend.  Sadly, I realize now that I was wrong.  sad

    Having a spell-checker is nice and all (and thank you), but it does little if the writer doesn't care to use it, right?

    Bonus points if you can find a mispelling in this post.  wink

     

    Because I couldn't resist.  laugh

  • McGyverMcGyver Posts: 7,085

    I mostly post from my iPad... So I get the privilege of Apple deciding what I actually mean and if I don't pay close attention, it likes to go back and change stuff after it's accepted it, based on a new word I just typed.  It's fun to go back and see weird changes you know you didn't type.

  • wizwiz Posts: 1,100
    Subtropic Pixel said:

    (sigh)

    Upon first seeing the subject, I thought that maybe it was cool again to proofread our writings before we hit "send".  I'll happily take any change in the current trend.  Sadly, I realize now that I was wrong.  sad

    Having a spell-checker is nice and all (and thank you), but it does little if the writer doesn't care to use it, right?

    Bonus points if you can find a mispelling in this post.  wink

    Found it: fifth line, eight word.

    The idea of a writer caring to use a spelling checker is facilitated by supporting the native checker. On any Apple product (laptop, iPad, even phones) the spell checker is largely automatic, unobtrusive, and it's turned on by default. It's actually a convenience because it also provides you with word completion as you type, so there is incentive to use it.

    This forum took that convenience away, and substituted a manual spell check so crude that it looks like something from 20 years ago. In my world, no one gets to make a decision that bad: there are too many checks and balances. No one used to realtime checking is going to run one of those ancient "post processing" spell checkers.

  • AtiAti Posts: 9,185
    wiz said:

    This forum took that convenience away, and substituted a manual spell check so crude that it looks like something from 20 years ago. In my world, no one gets to make a decision that bad: there are too many checks and balances. No one used to realtime checking is going to run one of those ancient "post processing" spell checkers.

    You can enable SCAYT (Spell Checking As You Type). But if you want the browser-based spell checker back, I have just the script for that. Last one on my scripts page, link in signature.

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,096
    edited August 2016

    Perhaps the faithless could implement a spil chucker that sends your text into the cloud. Lets it be commented on by machines and rabid spelling/grammar nazis from the widest flung dialect regions of your language and returns it to your input field so that you have full confidence that it says everything you wanted to say in complete incomprehensibility.wink

    Post edited by LeatherGryphon on
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