I am ne of the Buffistas worst spellers
So many ripostes, so little time.
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Jon B. - Dec 28, 2002 9:23:28 am PST #2395 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
DXMachina - Dec 28, 2002 9:33:28 am PST #2396 of 10000
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
I was thinking that if Sophia is one of our worst spellers, we're in really, really good shape on that score.
Sophia Brooks - Dec 28, 2002 9:33:32 am PST #2397 of 10000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
See-- I'm horrible! (actually more of a bad typist, but still....)
§ ita § - Dec 28, 2002 10:45:04 am PST #2398 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Spellchecker is a pretty complex request, as a heads up.
Sophia Brooks - Dec 28, 2002 11:08:23 am PST #2399 of 10000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
That's OK then-- I was just thinking of it because there was one at WX. There's probably only about 5 of us who can't spell anyway! Mine is actually complicated by the font size in the posting box. Can I up that in my browser prefs without also enlarging the Verdana that the board is in?
Rob - Dec 28, 2002 11:21:53 am PST #2400 of 10000
I can't spell either. I often paste the text into TextEdit to spell check it before I post.
Sophia, if you are using Mac OS X, Omniweb has a spelling check built into it. You might give it a try.
I don't think you can change the text size for entry boxes separately from the rest of the text.
Jon B. - Dec 28, 2002 11:24:33 am PST #2401 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Can I up that in my browser prefs without also enlarging the Verdana that the board is in?
No. Not yet, anyway. That would be part of the "user-defined stylesheet" project.
Theodosia - Dec 28, 2002 12:02:18 pm PST #2402 of 10000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Sophia, for your longer posts, you could write them using the AppleWorks word processor, spell-check them, and then paste them into the post box. It takes a bit more effort, but then at least you'll have a chance to catch the spelling errors. I'm a terrible typist myself, so I do miss the spellcheck, but I know what a programming nightmare it would be.
Noumenon - Dec 28, 2002 12:14:48 pm PST #2403 of 10000
No other candidate is asking the hard questions, like "Did geophysicists assassinate Jim Henson?" or "Why is there hydrogen in America's water supply?" --defective yeti
Adding a radio button for "Search thread #__" will probably happen between beta and 1.0, with 2.0 having "Search current thread" or "Search [thread names dropbox]."
Are you coding this, Noumenon?
Can I use Microsoft Foundation Classes? :) I only know some C++. I was just posting some lower expectations because I thought the coders might be thinking, "I would move Search out of beta, but I have to add the chronological sort and the snazzy search by thread function and it's a big job."
Jon B. - Dec 28, 2002 12:45:33 pm PST #2404 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I only asked because I'd never heard of that particular progression from Beta to 1.0 to 2.0. I thought maybe you knew something I didn't. ;)
Seriously, the difference between "Search thread #__" and "Search [thread names dropbox]" is very small. I would be against including the former at all. Thread number is very user un-friendly.