One thing these forums don't have is a spell checker. This was one thing that was a problem for us when we looked at these Infopop forums. In talking to st_richardson at the meeting this weekend he suggested a solution and sent me an email. I think his solution works GREAT! It is so neat that I thought I would pass it on.

http://www.iespell.com/

It works via a right click as you are typing in the "post" window. It also adds a selection in your "Tools" section of the toolbar.

I figured I would say a public thank you to st_r.

I am forever finding errors is my typing and spelling,after the fact.
This sure will be handy.
Thanks

Thankes, Mtn-man und St_r! I usely spel rite, but thiss weal hep allott!

I have a spelling checker.
It came with my PC.
It plane lee marks four my revue
Miss steaks aye can knot sea.

Eye ran this poem threw it,
Your sure reel glad two no.
Its vary polished in it's weigh.
My checker tolled me sew.

A checker is a bless sing.
It freeze yew lodes of thyme.
It helps me right awl stiles two reed,
And aides me when aye rime.

Each frays come posed up on my screen
Eye trussed too be a joule.
The checker pours o'er every word
To cheque sum spelling rule.

Bee fore a veiling checker's
Hour spelling mite decline,
And if we're lacks oar have a laps,
We wood bee maid to wine.

Butt now bee cause my spelling
Is checked with such grate flare,
Their are know fault's with in my cite,
Of nun eye am a wear.

Now spelling does knot phase me,
it does knot bring a tier.
My pay purrs awl due glad den
With wrapped word's fare as hear.

To rite with care is quite a feet
Of witch won should bee proud,
And wee mussed dew the best wee can,
Sew flaw's are knot aloud.

Sow ewe can sea why aye dew prays
Such soft wear four pea seas,
And why eye brake in two averse
Buy righting want too pleas.

[This message was edited by AllenLacy on September 15, 2003 at 12:08 PM.]

eggzacktlee!

Expanded version

Eye halve a spieling checker
It came with my pea sea
It plainly marcs four my revue
Miss take's eye khan knot sea.
Eye strike a key and type a word
And weight four it two say
Weather eye am wrong oar rite
It shows me strait a weigh.
As soon as a mist ache is maid
It nose before two long
And eye can put the error rite
Its rare lea ever wrong.
Eye have run this poem threw it
I am shore your pleased two no
Its letter perfect awl the weigh
My checker tolled me sew.


:tounge

I put it into perspective.

As long as the President of the United States still doesn't mind saying "nuc-u-lar" in front of the entire country, I'm not going to worry too much about my spelling.

--
Scott Johnson (ScottJ)

Well as long as he doesn't spell it

Knew Clear

You may not even need a spell checker.
This is really weird to read, but it works.

This was on slashdot.org's website:

Link to Website Article

Can You Raed Tihs?

An aoynmnuos raeedr sumbtis: "An interesting tidbit from [0]Bisso's blog
site: Scrambled words are legible as long as first and last letters are
in place. Word of mouth has [1]spread to [2]other [3]blogs, and
[4]articles as well. From the languagehat site: 'Aoccdrnig to a
rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the
ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht frist and lsat
ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can
sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey
lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe. ceehiro.' Jamie Zawinski has
also [5]written a perl script to convert normal text into text where
letters excluding the first and last are scrambled."

Links:
0. http://www.bisso.com/ujg_archives/000224.html
1. http://blogs.salon.com/0001092/2003/09/12.html#a460
2.
http://joi.ito.com/archives/2003/09/14/ordering_of_letters_dont_matter.html
3. http://www.languagehat.com/archives/000840.php
4. http://www.nature.com/nsu/990429/990429-2.html
5. http://www.jwz.org/hacks/scrmable.pl

I got a copy of it in email and then checked the web, and found it is all over it. A new Urban Legend (defined by how it spreads, no matter if true or not). There already is an article about it on snopes.com.

I got this in my e-mail, in two separate versions, four times yesterday.

I have also discovered that you can take any speech by a politician, rearrange the letters any way you like, and he'll still be a scumbag.

--
Scott Johnson (ScottJ)

Tried a brief test and it looks great so far.

Thanks again.

-Brad

Thought I'd bump this so more folks would see it.

BTW... The program is free for private use.

I use iespell all the time -- particularly for emails and posts in Groundspeak, or any other online composing. Wonderful embarrassment eraser. Thanks again, Mtn-man!

Considering I'm the worlds worst speller it's "Just what the teacher ordered"

Thanks