Spell checker - Revised

[Mico11]

I learn something every day.

Chrissaf, may I suggest that it is currently wrong to hide this subject in the Webside Feedback section for the following reasons:-

Under General Discussion there are 7000 subjects and 100000 posts.This is where the vast majority of viewing occurs and it follows also where the mis spelling occurs. We need help.

The point is most of us, I assume, are not aware Spellchecking is available at all, and it can be a vital contribution.

I read there is a complexity of interpretation between browsers. I can use 3 and all draw a blank on this subject. It probably does not help that Hornby can draw a world wide internet audience. If someone out there could come up with a definitive statement regarding what browser does what, I would suggest that SPELLCHECKER has its own heading under FORUM

Further comment would be appreciated and as ever I apologise if this subject has been covered previously, which is another reason why SPELLCHECKER should have its own heading and always in sight.

[Chrissaf]

Apart from 'Spell Checker' being part of the forum software and thus is appropriate to be located in the forum software website feedback section of the forum. The 'General Section' has a much higher churn rate of new posts. Thus, the Spell Checker post (including this one) will quickly move down the rankings into obscurity. Give it a week, and nobody will even notice that your post above is here in this forum section.

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The number of new posts going into the forum website feedback section is low. Thus the ongoing visibility of the Spell Checker post will be retained there for longer. The earliest ranking post on page one of the website feedback forum is 5 months old. Whereas the earliest post visible on page one of the General forum section is 2 days ago. The first 5 month old post in the forum 'General Section' is currently on page 22.

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Therefore, if you want your original Spell Checker post to be seen for the maximum time possible, then it is best placed in the forum section I moved it to.

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There is a forum 'Posting Guideline' that covers this scenario;

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[Jimbo1707820979]

Whatever you do, DON'T be guided by TV subtitling for your spelling. They're really hilarious sometimes ! I've bee meaning to keep a list of howlers for future enjoyment.

[Mico11]

Hello Chrissaf, thanks for the response.I don't fall out with  anything you have written.

I was hoping to provide essential information that all members would find helpful when using the system.

From recent response from others and research by myself, it can be deduced, perhaps, that whether or not you can use spell checker with Hornby is dependent on what browser you are using .Immediate interest from the membership diminishes and thus it's importance fades.

What I might add, for general interest of all reading this, is that  with the browser you are using, if you can get that smiley face, illuminated, in your reply box, you are half way there.

If this explanation could be simplified it could have a permanent place in general discussion, similar to others.

[NormanQ4]

I don't know what harm it would do for Hornby to have the spell checker set as default.

As I see it, if set as default, there are three options for forum users.

1. Simply ignore the red underline or

2. Turn off the spell checker or

3. Use it to learn how to spell.

None of these options involve physical harm to anyone.

It would of course be better if Hornby used an English rather than an American spell checker.

No disrespect meant to American users but the fact is that the majority of the English speaking world don't speak or write American.

[RDS]

... I've bee meaning to keep a list of howlers ...

 

Here's one to start off with then but of course a spell checker would not have seen it.

[Augustus Caesar]

The main reason the spell check thread would have been moved is quite obvious to myself really.

It is not a case of it being widely visible to most members as I am sure regulars would catch it anyway.

It is purely because the topic about spell checking on the forum is purely about the forum itself and how it works, looks, feels and how easily accessible it is.

 

So it is plainly obvious that any discussion about the forum itself should ALWAYS be in the forum feedback section and not the general discussion section as this is for general discussion on model railways and associated articles.

The other point is that if members want the forum to be a better place then where better to catch the team's eyes than the feedback forum. Placed anywhere else it would be lost eventually as Chris describes simply because it would run out of steam naturally and would drop down the viewing list onto pages deeper within.

It is not easy to keep everyone happy on a forum and everyone has different ideas as to how these things should run. At least Hornby have given us a chance to offer suggestions and the like through the feedback section which is, frankly, where suggestions about the forum itself should be posted.

[Chrissaf]

Now that AC has bumped this thread. I thought it would be an opportunity to add this comment.

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It would of course be better if Hornby used an English rather than an American spell checker.

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Agreed but, Hornby have absolutely no control over what Spell Check Dictionary (US or UK) is installed in your browser of choice. The look up spelling dictionary is installed locally on your own PC. In other words, the spelling check is NOT performed on the Hornby forum server where they would have any control. As most browsers are built by US based companies, their default 'spelling dictionary' is US too, but in most browsers this can be changed by installing a UK Spelling Dictionary to use instead. Review my replies in the 'Spell Checker' thread located in the 'forum feedback section' where I discuss installing the UK Spelling Dictionary in Firefox with a screen shot.

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https://www.hornby.com/uk-en/forum/post/view/topic_id/18196/?p=2

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