Spell Checker

[vic]

http/www.iespell.com/

The above site leads to an easily installed spell checker for Internet Explorer. Very useful tool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cheers;

 

[MHunt]

I have one on my Google bar.

 

[voo]

Seems like the new Firefox 2 is doing the spell checking for me as i type
Useful link for those using IE though

 

[Callum]

my firefox 2 doesnt spell check well at least not on this site

 

[andywg]

Aye, better off just getting a decent browser (like Firefox v2) with one built in and that is secure and conforms to industry standards than trying to hack IE to actually work.

Less than 24 hours to find a security hole on IE7. Good to see Mickey Mouse Soft still have their touch.

 

[raptorrex]

my firefox 2 doesnt spell check well at least not on this site

oh yes it does!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[voo]

my firefox 2 doesnt spell check well at least not on this site

Go to tools > options
Then click advanced and make sure it's on the 'General' tab

There's an option to tick 'check my spelling as i type'

 

[SamUK]

i dont kno where to side on this one cos....

Aye, better off just getting a decent browser (like Firefox v2) with one built in and that is secure and conforms to industry standards than trying to hack IE to actually work.

IE7 seriously rips off firefox. i actually laughed when i saw it.

Less than 24 hours to find a security hole on IE7. Good to see Mickey Mouse Soft still have their touch.

more holes are found in IE7 becuase more people use it.


if it was the other way round and firefox held 80% of the browsing market then it would be that browser that took the hammering.

its like when i played on live and people wondered why halo 2 was so hacked.

whats the point in hacking something noone will use, they target the big stuff and they get the best notice for it.

 

[Callum]

my firefox 2 doesnt spell check well at least not on this site

Go to tools > options
Then click advanced and make sure it's on the 'General' tab

There's an option to tick 'check my spelling as i type'

i have it set but it still doesnt work

 

[nmonks]

more holes are found in IE7 becuase more people use it.

It isn't *quite* as simple as this. While IE does attract more hackers, it also attracts them because it is relatively easy to hack. Firefox was designed from the ground up to be secure, and certainly wasn't designed as part of the Windows (or any other) operating system. Internet Explorer was designed to be part of Windows, and so connects to Windows in a variety of different, and sometimes exploitable, ways. I'm sure IE7 is a lot better than earlier versions, but there'll still be a lot legacy code in there, as well as the fundamental mindset in Microsoft that the browser and the operating system should be two sides of the same coin.

Essentially, the argument is the same as people saying the reason there aren't many (if any) serious security threats to the Mac or Linux is because not that many people use them, so there's no concerted effort to write viruses or spyware for them. True, up to a point, but the main reason is that UNIX-based operating systems are designed to be secure, and applications (normally) have little to no ability to interfere with the operating system, just the user's own personal stuff, and only then when explicitly allowed to.

Cheers,

Neale

 

[wendywc]

eye'll spel howevvR i waNt2.



But seriously, I didn't know there were these tools for web browsers out there... good info.

 

[Michael Buckley]

more holes are found in IE7 becuase more people use it.

Microsofts web server (IIS) is not as popular as the linux ones (Apache), it is still is the most attacked. So were does you logic work there. Windows by its design is easyer to exploit.