Hi all, just to clarify a few things on Mainey's post re Spell Check. I contacted Damian at ExplorOz a couple of weeks ago. Maybe I had been having a bad day, but at that time there had been a number of nearly incomprehensible
forum posts, and it was driving me mad. If those that had submitted the posts had used the spell check feature, they would have at least been somewhat legible. All I requested was that they (the ExplorOz team),consider making the spell check feature automatic when a new thread, reply or follow up was submitted. Damian replied with something to the effect of 'it would inconvenience members submitting', not his exact words, but near enough.
A couple of days after his response, I was trying to understand a particularly poorly put together post (both spelling and grammar). I gave up, replied to Damians email and said 'please read thread *****, then I rest my case'. He did as I asked and replied, saying he would put my thoughts to the web developers. Now we have the Poll, which is causing some discontent.
Just to clear up a couple of concerns of other
forum users, I did not suggest that spell check would activate as you were typing a draft, but launch spell check when the 'submit' button was activated. I know it won't correct everything, nor will it change words such as 'duel batteries', (incorrect word), but it sure as hell would improve a lot of posts.
I believe that the better the information, the better the likelihood of good responses and results.
Let's be honest, some of us are (were?) good at English, some were good at maths, some were good at both (count me out!), so any assistance we can utilise to improve the appearance and legibility of a post can't be all that bad.
For those that don't normally search the
places where the post is, you don't have to search for it. At the top of the page when you click '
Forum', there is a box with a number of options, one of which is 'Poll'. There has been a different Poll about every week or so for a while now, the info on this was in a newsletter. Below is a screen dump showing where it is, so everyone can have their say. The last time I looked it was about 85% in favour of auto spell check launch.
I certainly did not intend to upset other
forum users, I just made a suggestion, and it appears there are others who agree with me. Some don't, that's what democracy and voting is all about.
Cheers, DaveImage Could Not Be Found