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October 2008 
Spellchecking is HERE!
Aeon
As you may have noticed, there's a new AJAX spellchecker inside of those text boxes we use to write mail, posts blogs, send messages and other stuff. I've been waiting for this one for a while ;)
Many thanks to my brothers at TinyMCE who put together this cool editor and the peeps at Digital Ventures who sponsored the development of the spellchecking plugin.
The code was originally made in php and I converted it to ruby with the help of a very old ruby gem called raspell that interfaces with my old friend Aspell for the checking and word suggestions.
Yes... I realize there are a few oddities with certain words being marked when it might be appropriate for them not to be, but this plug goes a long way in helping those of us who are spelling challenged ;)
I would promise the improvements to the interface and the personal user dictionaries (which I have planned) but I have to remember to focus on some of the bigger initiatives that I have on my plate right now for zaadz.
Enjoy!
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great job! know xcuse phor mispellinks enniemoar
AH, my spell check does not know how to spell. Really! It isn't working.
Peggy, mine works. you have to “toggle” (or click) the spellcheck button whenever you want to check for spelling. e.g. type your text then click the SpellCheck button. it will then underline the misspellings and give you suggested corrections.
give it another shot.
So cool. Thanks for all of your collective amazingness! Yep, I knew that wasn't really a word. Hey, I spent 18+ years in advertising - making up words is now second nature!
Just one more way that zaadz stands out in being special!
Now where does one look for that “SpellCheck” button? I see it in the graphic example above, but not above this box.
Please don’t tell me it only works for people who use Window! (Not like it actually matters to me, anyhow, as my nifty Mac browser has spellcheck built in and alerts me of misspellings as I type.)