hjoseph7 Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 Sorry folks, I know this is a stupid and irrelevant non-photo question, but as we age gracefully, our eyes are not what they used to be. Currently, my progressive lenses with flare-guard are pretty hard to adjust to. You sort of have to be at the exact distance from your monitor so your eyes don't play tricks on you, which amounts to allot of typos. One of things I wish PN had, is a way to edit your post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beauh44 Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 Hi Harry, To my knowledge there's no way to either edit a previous post or spell check anything within Photonet's site, unfortunately. I've worn glasses since I was in the 2nd grade and I'm zeroing in on the big 5-0 and hoping to age gracefully myself. In the mean time if you have a word processor you can use it to compose your text, spell check it and then post... but alas, no edit function. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phule Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 If you used Firefox as your browser, you would find it has a built-in spell check for forms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mendonphoto Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 Firefox 2 has spell checking. Pretty nice. www.mozilla.com/firefox/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellis_vener_photography Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 Iwishtherewa s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjoseph7 Posted July 21, 2007 Author Share Posted July 21, 2007 "If you used Firefox as your browser, you would find it has a built-in spell check for forms" Now you tell me ! I had a Free version of FireFox browser but I deleted it last weeken when I was perfoming maintenance on my C: drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spearhead Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 Firefox is always free, and the forms spell-checker is terrific. Music and Portraits Blog: Life in Portugal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobatkins Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 Google "iespell" for a free spell checker for Internet Explorer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjoseph7 Posted July 21, 2007 Author Share Posted July 21, 2007 some of the words I have problems with: photgrophy, photrgorphy, photagophy, phortography, pothography, photgraphy, photgraphy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scot Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 Harry,It sounds like you're having trouble as a first-time progressive wearer. True? If so, try raising or lowering your chin until the subject comes into focus. The whole point to progressives is that there's a part of the lens that works at (almost) any distance. Scot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
art_haykin Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 My 100 buck WebTv browser has a spell check feature, but, alas, it can't catch words that are spelled differently for a different meaning, as in "here" and "hear." Also, it is powerless against bad or missing punctuation , syntax, grammar, and capitalization, etc., irregardless 2 udder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce_margolis Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 Bob, thanks for that tip. Never knew it existed. Goodbye spelling errors. Of course, it has some limitations. For example, it is set to the US version of English, not UK. Nevertheless, it would make many happy here if PN publicized this link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben_hutcherson Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 I'm a long time Firefox user, but for a while had ignored the little boxes that wanted me to upgrade every time they popped up. As soon as I heard about the built in spell checker, I was sold, and had upgraded as soon as I could. The Firefox spell checker has to be one of the greatest innovations ever added. By the way, I just discovered that the built-in spell checker considers firefox to be an incorrect spelling, while Firefox registers as correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felicisimo_silabay Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 If you type an incorrect word, Firefox will underline that word in red indicating that you have entered an incorrect spelling. After you have corrected it, the red line will disappear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Laur Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 Actually, there IS one little spell-checking feature built into photo.net... just try posting something with the word "aperture" spelled "aper-a-ture" (minus the dashes). That is one of the proprietor's pet peaves, and he hard-coded the system to disallow it. I got a chuckle from that the first time it busted me. Now if it could just correct those posts that start out "I saw an ad for a D200 for only $800" by reaching out and smacking the user on the head... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoff_foale Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 As Bruce has mentioned, some of us seem to be divided by a common language. I understand that some strange people even keep clothes in their closet! As far as my spelling limitations are concerned, if a word looks wrong I use an old fashioned device which I call a dictionary. But admittedly it doesn't correct for typing slips. With quite a lot of people, English isn't their first language while others are dyslexic so while a spell checker may help in the search for gramatical perfection there is a risk of losing the crux of someones question/answer. Whatever happens we will still need to be tolerant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_gentile Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 <em>"... Google 'iespell' for a free spell checker for Internet Explorer</em>..."</p> <p>Thanks for the link, Bob. I downloaded and installed it and just checked this post. It didn't like "Google" or "iespell," but I added them to the dictionary and now I get a clean check. Woo HOO! (Cheap thrills.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sketch_tbhotmail.com Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 aperature, sorry guys had to see it with my own eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjoseph7 Posted July 23, 2007 Author Share Posted July 23, 2007 "In the mean time if you have a word processor you can use it to compose your text, spell check it and then post... but alas, no edit function. ;-)" Great Idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phule Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 Except if you use MS Word as default, any quote marks will be rendered as questions marks in the forum. The best solution is always Firefox. It's far more secure than IT and provides loads more functionality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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