WP needs a Spell Checker FX

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I think Wrong Planet needs a Spellchecker, for people like me that cannot spell lots of words I want to use

Wouldn't it be easier for you to switch to a browser with spell checking integrated? Like Firefox for example?

I find that spelling words is easy for me and this can include upto 30 letter long technical words that are used in a science for example. In 1977-78 I nearly always got perfect scores in spelling tests and some of these words were long. I now do not use my PCs spellchecker within Microsoft Word 2003 I find that lazy. It is a bit like using a calculator to calculate the sum of two numbers when you already know the answer. I can spell 20 letter long words and a graduate might make a mistake in the word may not. I know I am not the only aspie that can do this I have known a few in my time and these have nearly always found spelling difficult. I have met 3 Asperger syndrome women in my time and two of them, like me have been good at spelling and the third has not.

Some sites have a 'spellcheck' thing you can click on before you post something. That might be helpful. Although I can see how it would get frustrating/confusing in terms of UK/USA spelling varieties - and also newer words or dialectical words that are not included in the particular dictionary that the site uses.

Firefox always underlines my British spellings in red (despite the fact that I've selected British English on Firefox!). Fortunately, I'm a good speller (I am simply able to remember the shapes of words and thus can spell them easily) so I ignore Firefox, but I can imagine that if I found spelling difficult, I would find it very confusing.

Mozilla doesn't have spell checker. It has an addon that is for Mozilla, which I use.

Google tool bar has a spell checker. You have to download it and it goes in your internet browser. You click Check and it will highlight the words that are miss spelled and you click on it and a list of correct spelling shows up. I use it because I type too fast so I do lot of errors and it be a pain to proof read and I just don't have the patience to read my whole post again if it's long. But I use spell checker anyway for short posts like this because I feel I have to use it.

What good is a spell checker when it can't see grammar. I see "Spokane_Girl" must have used it for "patients" instead of "patience"

That's the only problem with spell check only.

Nothing wrong with a couple of internet browsers installed

Thank you Kieth.

My spelling is usually okay, it's my grammar that needs work.

it doesnt matter if words are spelled correctly. its been scientificly proven that if most of the words are there the brain knows what the word is

chuckle. chuckle! i know how to spell perfectly but in all my posts there are usually typo's. I am a terrible typist and make those kinds o fmistakes. I used to go back and painstakingly correct everything. nowadays i just leave it.

and for those who are terrible spellers.......don't fret. so long as you can get your views across....If others want to come down on you about it, tell them to leave you be!

"Teh Fox of Fire" (as it's known on fanboy sites) has one built in. It just dot-underlined fanboy in red, for example.