Comments on: Ajax Spell Checker in Opera Supports 27 Languages

By: sms

sms — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:18:09 +0000

i have opera 9.21
i loved the idea of inline spell check like the FF2 in opera
i installed it as above.. and it did not work
plz do let me know if i have to do anything else.. like some hotkeys to enable the spell checker.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:26:23 +0000

Cody wrote:

Opera doesn’t luck an inline spell-check feature. The Opera website states that inline spell checking is supported by default, provided that you have the opensource aspell program installed (for those who don’t know about it — it’s an open source program that enables many applications have spell checking facilities)

That's not an inline spell checking system though. "Inline" refers to as you type, where the ASpell requires a popup window to go through your misspellings.

By: Cody

Cody — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 19:40:54 +0000

Opera doesn’t luck an inline spell-check feature.

The Opera website states that inline spell checking is supported by default, provided that you have the opensource aspell program installed (for those who don’t know about it — it’s an open source program that enables many applications have spell checking facilities)

By: netster007x

netster007x — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 04:11:47 +0000

Nice. The more I can uninstall, the better! Thanks for this great tip!

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 03:04:24 +0000

I’m pretty sure it uses the online Orangoo by default:
[orangoo.com]

I definitely know it doesn’t use the Aspell.

By: netster007x

netster007x — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 02:01:30 +0000

This script is excellent. Really makes up for Opera’s lack of this valuable feature.

BTW: What dictionary does this script use? I have Aspell installed (for Opera’s built in word-by-word pop-up spell checker) and I want to make sure it’s OK b4 I uninstall it.

Thanks

By: GT500

GT500 — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 05:35:22 +0000

There is now [opera.gt500.org] detailing how to install the script for first-time users of Opera’s User JavaScript.

Now, in response to several of the other comments, I’ll admit that you will not always want your comments, forums posts, support requests, and other misc writings sent to some server on the Internet to be checked for typos, but it’s far better than Opera’s Aspell integration, which hasn’t been changed since (I would believe) Opera 6.

Also, Firefox was not the first browser to include in-line spell check. Konqueror has had it for years, and may have even been the first browser to have that feature built-in (although I believe their spell check is powered by Aspell). That fact makes Mozilla/Firefox look somewhat pathetic for having just implemented such a spell checker, and Opera even more so for still not having implemented it.

As far as a community dictionary, the Orangoo server (which includes the one at fearphage.com) uses a Python script to integrate with Aspell, so the English dictionary hasn’t been updated since August of 2004. Currently there is no way (that I know of) for OSpell users to add words to the dictionary.

By: CoryC

CoryC — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 22:09:24 +0000

Ryan wrote:

Actually I think the spell check is far from clunky, and unless you click on the text field you don't even see the little tab. Spell checking has actually been done on other people's servers for quite some time if you think about it...that's how users can spell check documents on Gmail and such. This is just leveraging off of those capabilities.

I agree that is has been done by other services but it isn't necessary with desktop software.

By: funTomas

funTomas — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 16:23:37 +0000

As commenters before noted, there is benefit of having spellcheck implemented inside the browser – it’s the privacy. On the other hand, no dictionary is perfect. In the age of Web 2, every knowledge is community work, a result of collaboration, so is a shared dictionary. Missing a word? Add it and share it with others.
A combo of both approaches that would take the good of both – a hybrid approach maintaining community perpetual improvement (remember, every language evolves) as well as privacy would be much appreciated, better yet if standardized and utilized across various browser vendors. It would make a new word entry into the shared dictionary and time to time update the locally-stored copy.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 02:57:07 +0000

Actually I think the spell check is far from clunky, and unless you click on the text field you don’t even see the little tab. Spell checking has actually been done on other people’s servers for quite some time if you think about it…that’s how users can spell check documents on Gmail and such. This is just leveraging off of those capabilities.