What is a good, add on Spell Checker for Microsoft IE8?

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What is a good, add on Spell Checker for Microsoft IE8?

#1 Post by Dude » Tue May 10, 2011 11:21 am

What is a good add on Spell Checker for Microsoft Internet Explorer 8, these days? Is ieSpell still a good one or is there something better?

http://www.iespell.com/download.php

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Re: What is a good, add on Spell Checker for Microsoft IE8?

#2 Post by ccookie66 » Sun May 15, 2011 12:30 pm

Dude wrote:What is a good add on Spell Checker for Microsoft Internet Explorer 8, these days? Is ieSpell still a good one or is there something better?

http://www.iespell.com/download.php
Yeah, thats what I use on IE8. Works pretty good. But, it won't underline things that are spelled wrong, you have to use it like spell check in Microsoft word. But it works.
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Re: What is a good, add on Spell Checker for Microsoft IE8?

#3 Post by A31 » Tue May 17, 2011 1:39 am

Chrome and Opera definitely have spell-checkers in them which underline incorrectly spelled words, so you could consider switching from IE to that, but yes, I used IE Spell when I used IE8 before I switched and it was OK.
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Re: What is a good, add on Spell Checker for Microsoft IE8?

#4 Post by dr_st » Tue May 17, 2011 2:24 am

A31 wrote:Chrome and Opera definitely have spell-checkers in them which underline incorrectly spelled words
As does Firefox.
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Re: What is a good, add on Spell Checker for Microsoft IE8?

#5 Post by A31 » Tue May 17, 2011 11:10 am

IE9 still doesn't have a spell checker
dr_st wrote:As does Firefox.
There we go, another browser with a spell checker, so really if you want a spell checker, you need to switch to another browser, and leave IE.
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Re: What is a good, add on Spell Checker for Microsoft IE8?

#6 Post by Dude » Sat May 28, 2011 10:07 am

Yep, seems like another sad miss for Microsoft.

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Re: What is a good, add on Spell Checker for Microsoft IE8?

#7 Post by ccookie66 » Wed Jun 22, 2011 6:29 pm

Why can't Microsoft see that they NEED that feature for IE9? It might help catch up with Firefox and Chrome. I think its like selling you a car without seats.
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Re: What is a good, add on Spell Checker for Microsoft IE8?

#8 Post by ozzymud » Thu Jun 23, 2011 11:10 am

MS would need way more then just a "as you type" spell checker to catch up with most of the other browsers :P
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