Add spell check

by **cisco2001** on Fri Jun 20, 2008 4:17 pm

This site has two important aspects to it. The gaming portion and the writing portion. e.g. chat, forums, PM's, etc.

I think that a spell check mechanism would be a very valuable tool for PM's and the forum. I can't tell you how many times I read a post and have to make an effort to interpret what is written. I know that there is, currently, a tool that hi-lights a misspelled word in red. Regardless, I think that a spell check would be a very valuable and utilized tool both for the writer and the reader.

Thanks

by **antony.trupe** on Fri Jun 20, 2008 4:20 pm

Its called Firefox.

by **wcaclimbing** on Fri Jun 20, 2008 4:22 pm

Firefox has a built-in spelling checker.
I don't pay attention to it, but its there, and automatically marks the words that are spelled wrong when you type.

by **cisco2001** on Fri Jun 20, 2008 4:36 pm

It's possible that you did not see that in my first post. I did note that. However, it does not give you an option to help correct the spelling.

by **cicero** on Fri Jun 20, 2008 5:09 pm

Cisco

The words underlined in red and hence identified as spelled incorrectly - right click on them and Firefox will offer you its suggested corrections.

It certainly does this for me; though I only just discovered it when considering your request. You may need to install a language dictionary to get the feature. See https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/browse/type:3 for dictionary options.

Certainly this is isn't anything that will be implemented within the code for CC any time soon.

Cicero

by **cisco2001** on Fri Jun 20, 2008 11:22 pm

Thank you for the suggestion. I will try right clicking for the correct spelling. It may be a good idea to make a sticky or something to let players know that this tool is available.