No spell check in FireFox?

py2e · November 5th, 2006, 11:06 PM

Discovered this in another thread... but it appears that my spell checker function is missing. Here is a screeshot:

http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/3918/spellcheckermissingus1.jpg

I'm using firefox 1.5.0.7, and it appears when I use MSIE.

Viper007Bond · November 5th, 2006, 11:07 PM

Disable the WYSIWYG editor or right-click -> Spell check this field.

Firefox correctly doesn't see the Javascript WYSIWYG editor as a <textarea>. images/smilies/wink.gif

Peter3hg · November 5th, 2006, 11:07 PM

Use a decent browser.
IE FTW.

cvrefugee · November 5th, 2006, 11:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by peter3hg2

Use a decent browser.
IE FTW.

IE doesn't even have spell check. And if it wasn't for Mozilla you wouldn't even have IE7 with tabbed browsing!

Peter3hg · November 5th, 2006, 11:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cvg

IE doesn't even have spell check. And if it wasn't for Mozilla you wouldn't even have IE7 with tabbed browsing!

I don't want tabbed browsing, I hate it. I much prefer having the windows open at the bottom.

Viper007Bond · November 5th, 2006, 11:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by peter3hg2

Use a decent browser.
IE FTW.

py2e · November 5th, 2006, 11:17 PM

I tried using right clicking... but it doesn't show any spell checking options. I tried switching the interface also... oh wells, spelling is not impotant at all. images/smilies/firefox.gif

Viper007Bond · November 5th, 2006, 11:20 PM

Oh, dur. Spellcheck wasn't introduced until v2.0. You need to upgrade from 1.5.0.7. images/smilies/wink.gif

Help -> Check for updates or http://www.getfirefox.com/

py2e · November 5th, 2006, 11:21 PM

Apparently I've been living in a cave.

Fixed. Thank you!

Blind_Io · November 14th, 2006, 07:20 PM

Even with 2.0 the Spell check feature does not work with the highest level of control on the board (WYSIWYG). However the medium level works fine.

IE is teh suck

(oh, and I believe it was Apple's Safari browser that started tabbed browsing, Firefox just made it known outside the Mac-geek community.)

jeffy777 · November 14th, 2006, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Blind_Io

IE is teh suck

You'd figure MS would get their act together with IE7 just being released last month, but it's still quite poo-ish, to put it lightly.

Adunaphel · November 14th, 2006, 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Blind_Io

(oh, and I believe it was Apple's Safari browser that started tabbed browsing, Firefox just made it known outside the Mac-geek community.)

Um, Opera had Tabs (according to wikipedia since 1996) WAAAAAAY before Safari (introduced in 2003) even had a single line of code.

(and safari is based on the Khtml library which has powered Konqueror (KDE web browser) for years before Safari existed, also with tab support)

jeffy777 · November 14th, 2006, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Adunaphel

Um, Opera had Tabs (according to wikipedia since 1996).

Wow, '96? Opera was blazing the trail then.

I was using Netscape Navigator back then, as was most of the world:

From Wikipedia, Netscape-navigator-usage-data

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f8/Netscape-navigator-usage-data.svg/560px-Netscape-navigator-usage-data.svg.png

Blind_Io · November 14th, 2006, 07:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adunaphel

Um, Opera had Tabs (according to wikipedia since 1996) WAAAAAAY before Safari (introduced in 2003) even had a single line of code.

(and safari is based on the Khtml library which has powered Konqueror (KDE web browser) for years before Safari existed, also with tab support)

Oh, I thought Safari was the first. My mistake.
Thanks for keeping me honest.

epp_b · November 14th, 2006, 08:04 PM

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I don't want tabbed browsing, I hate it. I much prefer having the windows open at the bottom.

OK, you old geezer.

Z102 · November 14th, 2006, 08:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adunaphel

Um, Opera had Tabs (according to wikipedia since 1996) WAAAAAAY before Safari (introduced in 2003) even had a single line of code.

(and safari is based on the Khtml library which has powered Konqueror (KDE web browser) for years before Safari existed, also with tab support)

Opera is ten years old already? Wow, time flies... I started using it mainly because of tabbed browsing. Back then, no other browser offered it, and I found it the greatest breakthrough in web browsing since... well, ever. Even today, I think Opera is the best browser around. Firefox is great, but it isn't "there" yet. I use them both, though, because Opera still has compatibility issues with several webpages I visit. Both complement each other nicely, though.

cvrefugee · November 14th, 2006, 09:52 PM

Opera is that old and still sucks ass? Before they went free, who would pay for a browser? That's insane!

Z102 · November 15th, 2006, 10:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cvg

Opera is that old and still sucks ass? Before they went free, who would pay for a browser? That's insane!

Opera has issues but I wouldn't say it sucks ass. It's still my favourite browser and the one I use the most. I agree that Firefox is improving day by day, and FF 2.0 is very good, but there are still things I don't like about it. For instance, since I upgraded to 2.0 I haven't been able to use my favourite theme, and several of the extensions I had installed were broken for a couple of weeks time. There's nothing of that in Opera. I'm still using themes designed for Opera 7 and before. This doesn't mean that FF sucks, only that there's still some room for improvement, which is good.

Peter3hg · November 15th, 2006, 10:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cvg

Before they went free, who would pay for a browser? That's insane!

If I think about it the three programmes on my computer I use the most are all free, Media Player, MSN Messenger and IE6. I happily pay for games and office programmes I will use for a fraction of the time I use the aforementioned but I, like you, would laugh at the idea of paying for them, weird isn't it.

November 5th, 2006, 11:06 PM	#1
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py2e Joined: Jul 26th, 2006 Last Online: January 11th, 2007 Location: Brooklyn, NYC Age: 27 Posts: 182 Car: 2007 Scion tC Rep Power: 0	I tried using right clicking... but it doesn't show any spell checking options. I tried switching the interface also... oh wells, spelling is not impotant at all. __________________

November 5th, 2006, 11:20 PM	#8
Viper007Bond Lazy Head Dude Joined: Sep 21st, 2003 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 21,086 Car: Dodge Viper (I wish!) Rep Power: 237	Oh, dur. Spellcheck wasn't introduced until v2.0. You need to upgrade from 1.5.0.7. Help -> Check for updates or http://www.getfirefox.com/ __________________ Fight back against the evil Quiky by +1'ing this post! There is no replacement for displacement. - Wolfgang Bernhard, Chief Operating Officer, Chrysler Group talking about the Dodge Viper SRT-10 ... I ask Herb Helbig, vehicle synthesis manager for SRT and a member of the original Team Viper development group since day one, if they'd ever thought of adding traction control. "It comes with two," he says, pointing at my feet. "Learn to use them." Got it. - Motor Trend on the 2006 Dodge Viper Coupe, November 2005

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