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    Firefox spell checker is rubbish!

    Anyone else think the Firefox spell check can be a bit usless? Don't get me wrong, it's better than nothing, but i still sometimes have to copy&paste to Google or Word.

    For example, the word "Thats" is considered wrong, as it has no apostrophe, and suggests the following;

    Hats
    Chats
    Ghats
    Thais
    T hats

    How crap is that?

    Any other examples of words it just cant figure out which should be very easy?

    (and yes, i'm bored)

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    I dont use it in firefox but do in thunderbird.

    I had problems getting the English uk dictionary installed to start with but its been ok so far.

    you can always add the words

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    Maybe it need to do something more productive with my day...

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    Its a pity you cant add suggestions for wrong spellings and modify the order of the suggestion list. This annoys me about predictive texting on mobiles as well.

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    It's the first version with the dictionary in it - relax - it will improve over time.

    How long has Word been going now?

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    Quote Originally Posted by this_is_gav View Post
    It's the first version with the dictionary in it - relax - it will improve over time.

    How long has Word been going now?
    Lol, Quite some time, I can tell you.. And it's still rubbish.
    Also.. You can right click on a word and add to dictionary, Like I have for Lol. Rofl.

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    spell check in the google toolbar works for me

    A friend of mine despares that i have never used Opera or FF. but then IE has always just worked for me.

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