!fourm Spellcheck!

[magicbud3344]

it would be really nice if somehow this fourm got a built in spell check.
i don't know if there is one already scripted for vB, but it would really really improve the reading here :P
and it would make people look alot more intellagent, (like me) because my spelling isn't really all that great ;x
but anyways, what do you guys think?
yes, it would be great.
no, you already know how to spell, waste of time.

[AlexH]

Yes, with a capital O.

[UrashimaX]

Yes, there's a free spellcheck hack over at vB.org, but I don't know how it'd cope with this old version of vBulletin.

[magicbud3344]

UPDATE UPDATE UUUPPPPDATE!!!

[Spark910]

Originally posted by UrashimaX
Yes, there's a free spellcheck hack over at vB.org, but I don't know how it'd cope with this old version of vBulletin.

It should work okay =]
And my spelling is fine, its just my typing thats not 100% as Im mostly touch typing and if I go fast I knock a wrong key or the letter end up the wrong way around: (e.g: teh - Instead of 'the')

[UrashimaX]

Originally posted by Spark910
And my spelling is fine, its just my typing thats not 100% as Im mostly touch typing and if I go fast I knock a wrong key or the letter end up the wrong way around: (e.g: teh - Instead of 'the')

The american keyboard setup is weird, I like the Spanish one better, but that's just me.

[Mykel]

nah, i think the american one is set up perfect, you never really have your hands running into eachother.

[UrashimaX]

Originally posted by Mykel
nah, i think the american one is set up perfect, you never really have your hands running into eachother.

I guess it's how you was raised. You just grow accostumed to the keyboard layout you use.

[magicbud3344]

well i want a keyboard that will speed me UP!!!!!
even though i'm already used to this qwertyuiop keyboard :O

[AlexH]

Why would they design a keyboard to slow the user down?
Surely the faster the user can get the job done the better.

[Jeff]

Easy. Manual typewriters can stick, and they do that less often when letters that are commonly used together are separated.


I understand that the Dvorak keyboard layout is more efficient for computer keyboards, but even if I managed to find one, I'm rather good with QWERTY and don't want to learn to type all over again.


Perhaps a spellcheck button would rid us of the word "fourms," which is supposed to be "forums" but looks like "forms." I'd suggest to the people who simply cannot type "forums" that they use the equally-correct (if not a bit moreso due to history) plural "fora."

(And yes, I know that it's probably a joke in the title of this thread)

[ZanderX]

Dvorak IS more efficient, actually. Faster speeds and such. I'm still learning it, though; whereas on Qwerty boards, I type at 110+~ WPM, on Dvorak layouts I'm a meager 50.

[Googi]

Even if there was a forum spellcheck, people probably won't use it

[davidpsy]

Originally posted by Googi
Even if there was a forum spellcheck, people probably won't use it

ARE YOU CRAZY!!!! HECK I LEARNED TO SPELL BETTER AND I LEARNED TO USE CAPS AT THE START OF MY SENTENCES JUST SO PEOPLE WOULDENT FLAME ME. IF THERE WAS A SPELL CHECK OH MY IT WOULD BE UBERLEETNESS!@!!!!!

[CheeToS2]

I like the idea, but the only problem I see is that the English people could occasionally get picked on by the spell checker for English-spelled words

[PrinceDark]

Yeah! I was the first and so far only person to vote no.

[AlexH]

Originally posted by CheeToS2
I like the idea, but the only problem I see is that the English people could occasionally get picked on by the spell checker for English-spelled words

Don't see why.
I assume it could use the Microsoft word spell checker thing where it recognises both ways of spelling words.
It wouldn't be Microsofts it would use but I assume it would be something almost identical.

[UrashimaX]

http://www.iespell.com/

There's something that may help you guys.

[magicbud3344]

Originally posted by Jeff

Perhaps a spellcheck button would rid us of the word "fourms," which is supposed to be "forums"

(And yes, I know that it's probably a joke in the title of this thread)

yes yes, of corse the title was all a joke
*plays it off real smooth like*

[Projectshifter]

LOL, it just means that stupid people will not have to work as hard x-x And also it would be a VERY large hassle to script x-x
---Shifter

[zell12]

I love the idea, but when you think of it, it wouldn't work. You would try to spell something, mess one letter, and spellchecker would change the entire word to something different than what you wanted it to be. Mabey if you spell something wrong the word is hightlighted or underlined?

[magicbud3344]

Originally posted by zell12
I love the idea, but when you think of it, it wouldn't work. You would try to spell something, mess one letter, and spellchecker would change the entire word to something different than what you wanted it to be. Mabey if you spell something wrong the word is hightlighted or underlined?

yes i like that highlighted/underlined idea, that helps me alot on GAIM so my spelling is better through instant messages :P

[davidpsy]

This is a good idea because for a while I used to think maybe was spelled mabe. Untill some people pointed it out...

[magicbud3344]

Originally posted by Kaimetsu
I would favour a link (akin to the 'check message length' feature) that, when pressed, tells you how many spelling mistakes you made. Because then you have to hunt them down yourself, and you learn from the process

arg, then most people would probley just not use it ;[
well i wouldn't that seems like putting too much effort into a post :{