Railfan Technology > T.O. Spell checker problems

For Firefox 46.0.1 at home (not at work), each successive click of Ignore or Replace simply makes the window darker until it is black. The only way to get out of it is to click OK as many times as you hit Ignore/Replace to successively undo your edits.

I just tried it and it worked OK for me, and I made several mistakes.  I'm using Chrome.  It didn't always pick the best word, but that has been common for a long time.

John

TO has a spell-check program?  News to me!
What OS are you guys using? (I am using Win 7,
my browser is also FireFox 46.0.1.)

I do like having a spell-checker, because I am a
poor typist. But!!  Please be aware that no spell-
checker ever made will catch misspellings that are
actual words, properly spelled.  "Sight" instead of 
"site", and "loose" instead of "lose", and -- to give an
example from work long ago, that was in a "What's New 
in District 4 " announcement that went to every one of our
sites in the entire Bay Area, it read "Toll BRIDE" instead of
"Toll BRIDGE" !!  LOL!  I mean -- I know we all sometimes
feel as though we *are* married to our jobs, but *this* was
a real classic!



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/02/16 12:08 by Margaret_SP_fan.

Just wish TO had a spell checker, that one could ADD proper spelling to it. 

Present system kicks back some that are correct, but not part of the data base.

Todd, can we get some help here.

Ed

Margaret_SP_fan Wrote:
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> TO has a spell-check program?  News to me!
> What OS are you guys using? (I am using Win 7,
> my browser is also FireFox 46.0.1.)
>
> I do like having a spell-checker, because I am a
> poor typist. But!!  Please be aware that no
> spell-
> checker ever made will catch misspellings that
> are
> actual words, properly spelled.  "Sight" instead
> of 
> "site", and "loose" instead of "lose", and -- to
> give an
> example from work long ago, that was in a "What's
> New 
> in District 4 " announcement that went to every
> one of our
> sites in the entire Bay Area, it read "Toll BRIDE"
> instead of
> "Toll BRIDGE" !!  LOL!  I mean -- I know we all
> sometimes
> feel as though we *are* married to our jobs, but
> *this* was
> a real classic!

​I don't know but if I got a message about a "Toll Bride" I'd sure pay more attention and actually read that message.

 

I have Win 7 Pro 64 bit at home and at the office. I forgot the version # of Firefox at the office, which I  am not authorized to touch anyway, but spell-checker works fine in the office.

Basically, every click of Ignore or Replace or Close buttons make the screen darker and darker. Then I have to hit the X in the upper right of the dialog box repeatedly the same number of times to back out of it, and undo the corrections.

Up to Firefox 47.0 now and TO spellchecker works fine now.