+kd7edh Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 Suggestion for improvement to geocaching.com - Spell Check I think having a spell check is really needed. There are a couple of nice solutions already out there. Check out http://spelchek.com/ This one is nice because you don't have to redesign your whole site. All you need to do is simply add the button to your page, and tell it which "textarea" item you want the spell check to correct. This could be added to the forums, the caching logs, or anywhere there is a text area that could have people misspelling things. Quote Link to comment
+Mopar Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 Spell check would be nice, but might get complicated for all the multiple languages used in a world-wide website. Why not try IEspell if you use IE as a browser? This way you have spellcheck on all websites and forums. Quote Link to comment
+fizzymagic Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 (edited) Spell checking wood knot solve the most common problems in logs, such as misuse of the word "discrete." Edited February 10, 2004 by fizzymagic Quote Link to comment
uperdooper Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 when i do need a spell checker i use the dictionary that i keep next to my computer. Quote Link to comment
+harleycache Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 You misspelled "I" Quote Link to comment
+geckoee Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 Spell checking wood knot solve the most common problems in logs, such as misuse of the word "discrete." Funny stuff. RockClimbing.com has the same Forum managing software, and they have an integrated Spell check. It clears up a lot of problems. Quote Link to comment
+parkrrrr Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 misuse of the word "discrete." Jeez, Fizzy, did you have to tell everybody? Quote Link to comment
uperdooper Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 You misspelled "I" no. i have lupus and shifting for capital letters hurts my hands, so i don't use them. Quote Link to comment
BassoonPilot Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 I think having a spell check is really needed. ...This could be added to the forums, the caching logs, or anywhere there is a text area that could have people misspelling things. There is no need for 'spell check.' We can review our writings prior to posting them. If an error slips through, we have the ability to edit the post. Everyone makes mistakes, and I find the occasional misspelling to be neither distracting nor offensive. Posts replete with misspellings are another matter. The misspellings are often an excellent indication (or warning) of the overall quality of the post. 'A rose by any other name might smell as sweet,' but I see neither reason nor advantage to using a spell checker to 'polish s**t.' Quote Link to comment
+harleycache Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 You misspelled "I" no. i have lupus and shifting for capital letters hurts my hands, so i don't use them. OK, now you made me feel bad. Quote Link to comment
uperdooper Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 You misspelled "I" no. i have lupus and shifting for capital letters hurts my hands, so i don't use them. OK, now you made me feel bad. don't feel bad. i don't. i just live with it. at least i can still cache. Quote Link to comment
+harleycache Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 You misspelled "I" no. i have lupus and shifting for capital letters hurts my hands, so i don't use them. OK, now you made me feel bad. don't feel bad. i don't. i just live with it. at least i can still cache. OK, I feel good again. Glad to hear you don't let it get in your way. Quote Link to comment
+Lazyboy & Mitey Mite Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 Suggestion for improvement to geocaching.com - Spell Check Whi? I sea no reesun four dat. Quote Link to comment
+geckoee Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 I think having a spell check is really needed. ...This could be added to the forums, the caching logs, or anywhere there is a text area that could have people misspelling things. There is no need for 'spell check.' We can review our writings prior to posting them. If an error slips through, we have the ability to edit the post. Everyone makes mistakes, and I find the occasional misspelling to be neither distracting nor offensive. Posts replete with misspellings are another matter. The misspellings are often an excellent indication (or warning) of the overall quality of the post. 'A rose by any other name might smell as sweet,' but I see neither reason nor advantage to using a spell checker to 'polish s**t.' ...So a bad speller is a bad writer? Are you also saying if my post is poorly written it should not be as valued as a well-written post? Quote Link to comment
uperdooper Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 ok! so i didn't pay attention in english class in high school. i do try and spell correctly though. it is one of my pet peeves. Quote Link to comment
+rusty_tlc Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 Sometimes I don't even get close enough for the spell checker to figure out what I mean. And I always confuse the usage on to and too. Colons and semi-colons are kind of a mystery to me as well. The worst part is I know I learned all these things (except spelling, I've never mastered that) twice. Once in High School and again in collage. No hope for me, I'll never make a meaningfull contribution and nobody will ever dechipher what I intend to say. I vote yes for a spell checker. Quote Link to comment
+sbell111 Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 My problem is that I frequently fail to proof my post, either before or after it is submitted. The solution to this problem is for me to be more diligent, not for Jeremy to add features. Quote Link to comment
Colonel Mustard Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 Since i got hookt on fonix, my redding has impruved but my speeling still sux. Quote Link to comment
+Geo Ho Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 I concer. I htink spel chekking is deffinitly needed. Quote Link to comment
+aka Monkey Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 (edited) I've always used people's spelling and grammar to help me determine whether I want to read what they have to say. If they don't care enough to take the time to try and at least write understandable English, than I'm not interested. Edited February 10, 2004 by Indiana Cojones Quote Link to comment
+tirediron Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 I've always used people's spelling and grammar to help me determine whether I want to read what they have to say. If they don't care enough to take the time to try and at least write understandable English, than I'm not interested. I totally agree! It's one thing to allow the odd typo to get through, but when I look at a post and the first sentence defies every grammatical convention in the English language... it's probably not something I am interested in. I don't see any need for someone to start adding features to help correct my lack of attention to detail! Quote Link to comment
+geckoee Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 (edited) Once again it is ground down to presentation being everything. Whether it has substance or not, without proper appearance it is worthless. Sad, but true me thinks. Edit for grammar Edited February 10, 2004 by geckoee Quote Link to comment
+Go JayBee Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 Hey, Instead of a spellchecker, how about a BIGGER posting box with BIGGER text. Seems to my problem......can't see what I typed. JayBee Quote Link to comment
+rusty_tlc Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 Hey,Instead of a spellchecker, how about a BIGGER posting box with BIGGER text. Seems to my problem......can't see what I typed. JayBee Try getting a bigger monitor. Quote Link to comment
+Go JayBee Posted February 11, 2004 Share Posted February 11, 2004 Hey,Instead of a spellchecker, how about a BIGGER posting box with BIGGER text. Seems to my problem......can't see what I typed. JayBee Try getting a bigger monitor. I'm serious, even when using a 19'' monitor....the text is about 1/16'' tall inside the compose box..... I guess I'll have to ask TPTB to see if that can be adjusted somehow. JayBee Quote Link to comment
+gallahad Posted February 11, 2004 Share Posted February 11, 2004 Shouldn't this topic be over here?? Quote Link to comment
+webscouter. Posted February 11, 2004 Share Posted February 11, 2004 (edited) Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is aht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Friknig amzanig huh? Edited February 11, 2004 by webscouter495 Quote Link to comment
uperdooper Posted February 11, 2004 Share Posted February 11, 2004 Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaerin waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is aht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Friknig amzanig huh? friknig sutipd. i don't have a college education. i have had to work for a living since i was 18, and i am 48 now. my grammar may not be perfect, but i at least try to spell correctly. Quote Link to comment
Cholo Posted February 11, 2004 Share Posted February 11, 2004 That would spoil part of the fun in these forums. The occasional "Freudian typo" often says more than the post does. Besides, if everything was written perfectly, it would be like reading my own stuff. Who needs that? Quote Link to comment
martmann Posted February 11, 2004 Share Posted February 11, 2004 (edited) Spell checking wood knot solve the most common problems in logs, such as misuse of the word "discrete." I dropped my eTrex from a cliff, when I retrieved it there were plastic shards and discrete components everywhere, I picked them up discreetly and went on my way. In you're post, your not mentioning some of the other common mistakes that a spell checker will miss. People are bound too make mistakes, I make them to. This paragraph is a example. I use ieSpell, its an great spell checker. Just my too scents. Edited to mess up spelling, so their! Edited February 11, 2004 by martmann Quote Link to comment
+Bloencustoms Posted February 11, 2004 Share Posted February 11, 2004 I think I need a comma checker. I tend to make run on sentences separated with commas, rather than individual sentences, and my spelling could use a boost as well. Quote Link to comment
+sea_dragon Posted February 11, 2004 Share Posted February 11, 2004 (edited) Well, as a self-thought World Champion Bad Speller( if they ever had an event, I'd take Gold, Silver and Bronze, no contest), I don't think that a spell checker is really needed in the forums. I find that the post seem to do alright as they are. However, I am in favor of a spell checker for the logs and cache pages. I've seen some lu-lus out there (and I've no doubt contributed to them as well ). Just my two cents. PS: Second thought, and it's OT, but how about a smilie that's two cents? The prase gets used so often here that it might be god to have. Or at least somewhat amusing. Edited February 11, 2004 by sea_dragon Quote Link to comment
+Bloencustoms Posted February 11, 2004 Share Posted February 11, 2004 OK, so I tried the ieSpell, and it works great. Thanks Mopar, for sharing the link. Quote Link to comment
4x4luv Posted February 11, 2004 Share Posted February 11, 2004 All I can say is "Bad Spellers of the world UNTIE" Quote Link to comment
martmann Posted February 11, 2004 Share Posted February 11, 2004 PS: Second thought, and it's OT, but how about a smilie that's two cents? The prase gets used so often here that it might be god to have. Or at least somewhat amusing. That's just silly, but hey Quote Link to comment
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