I am ne of the Buffistas worst spellers
So many ripostes, so little time.
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I am ne of the Buffistas worst spellers
So many ripostes, so little time.
I was thinking that if Sophia is one of our worst spellers, we're in really, really good shape on that score.
See-- I'm horrible! (actually more of a bad typist, but still....)
Spellchecker is a pretty complex request, as a heads up.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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."
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.