Why IE Still sucks today... Installed IE9 and still no spell check.
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ahmed zahmed wrote:
I've had that happen in IE too. It appears to be more a function of whether you're logged-in to Gmail or not.
What does that even mean? Chrome has the translate feature built in IE is missing it.
ahmed zahmed wrote:
So? It was an extension at first. Don't be such a crybaby. There will always be feature differences between browser vendors. If it's so important to you then build an extension (plugin) to IE that does what you want.
Yes, but it should be standard by now don't you think? Google agrees so it is a standard part of Chrome.
ahmed zahmed wrote:
The important thing is compliance to web standards. Profile syncing is *not* a web standard. If profile syncing is so important to you then stick to Chrome or gin-up a plugin for IE that does it.
I guess. But why can't IE9 have spell checking? FF and Opera have had built in spell checking for years. IE9 is a decent product. But in my opinion, it already feels dated and it was just released.
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ToddHileHoffer wrote:
No translator
No browser has a translator. Any translation is done by http://translate.google.com and can be used in any browser.
ToddHileHoffer wrote:
save your profile
This is done in Chrome by an extension (at least originally) and requires a gmail account. I wonder if an extension for IE is available to do the same.
ToddHileHoffer wrote:
already outdated
Personally I'd rather they concentrated on getting the web standards correctly implemented. All these other features can be added by extensions.
ToddHileHoffer wrote:
no spell check
You can get a plugin for that here[^]
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ahmed zahmed wrote:
This is done in Chrome by an extension (at least originally) and requires a gmail account. I wonder if an extension for IE is available to do the same.
To use a gmail account? Heh, that would be amusing! Marc
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Unbeleivable. No translator either. And you still can't save your profile in the cloud so it is consistent on all your computers. Great job MS with your new version that is already outdated...
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ToddHileHoffer wrote:
No translator either. And you still can't save your profile in the cloud so it is consistent on all your computers.
Why bother? Google has that http://www.google.com/toolbar/ff/index.html[^] I wouldn't be surprised if MS has the same features on their msn toolbar so why add it to the browser development. I see why Opera does it since they don't really have third party toolbars (or at least not google, msn toolbar etc.)
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Unbeleivable. No translator either. And you still can't save your profile in the cloud so it is consistent on all your computers. Great job MS with your new version that is already outdated...
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I'll buy the "no spell check" rant, but ... translator?! And saving your "profile" on the cloud?
"Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.
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I'll buy the "no spell check" rant, but ... translator?! And saving your "profile" on the cloud?
"Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.
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I'll buy the "no spell check" rant, but ... translator?! And saving your "profile" on the cloud?
"Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.
Rajesh R Subramanian wrote:
but ... translator?! And saving your "profile" on the cloud?
You are right, they aren't necessary and I'd be happy just to have the spell checker. But it would be nice if it had them.
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Unbeleivable. No translator either. And you still can't save your profile in the cloud so it is consistent on all your computers. Great job MS with your new version that is already outdated...
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ToddHileHoffer wrote:
No translator either
You are actually using machine translation? Unless you like making jokes with it, I don't see a purpose.
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ToddHileHoffer wrote:
No translator either
You are actually using machine translation? Unless you like making jokes with it, I don't see a purpose.
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Unbeleivable. No translator either. And you still can't save your profile in the cloud so it is consistent on all your computers. Great job MS with your new version that is already outdated...
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i think IE9 is much better than previous IE versions. I am happy with IE9 at corporate level, even though chrome is better for personal use.
That's what kills me though. I code LOB web apps for a living and my company uses IE. It would be nice if the spell check was already included so I didn't have to use a 3rd party component for it in my programs.
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ahmed zahmed wrote:
This is done in Chrome by an extension (at least originally) and requires a gmail account. I wonder if an extension for IE is available to do the same.
To use a gmail account? Heh, that would be amusing! Marc
Marc Clifton wrote:
that would be amusing
truly
"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." - John Quincy Adams "Let me get this straight. You know her. She knows you. But she wants to eat him. And everybody's okay with this?" - Timon
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That's what kills me though. I code LOB web apps for a living and my company uses IE. It would be nice if the spell check was already included so I didn't have to use a 3rd party component for it in my programs.
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ToddHileHoffer wrote:
so I didn't have to use a 3rd party component for it in my programs
Ah, I understand now. Yes it would be nice to not have to make up the differences/deficiences in the different browser implementations. But, as I've noted before you can get spell check for IE here[^].
"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." - John Quincy Adams "Let me get this straight. You know her. She knows you. But she wants to eat him. And everybody's okay with this?" - Timon
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That's what kills me though. I code LOB web apps for a living and my company uses IE. It would be nice if the spell check was already included so I didn't have to use a 3rd party component for it in my programs.
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I feel your pain. I've had my share of days with plugin development for IE, and I hated every single day of it.
"Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.
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What want you said? => The GTranslator for "Ce vrei sa spui?" ie the romanian version of "What do you mean" See, it rocks. :laugh:
All the best, Dan
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Rajesh R Subramanian wrote:
but ... translator?! And saving your "profile" on the cloud?
You are right, they aren't necessary and I'd be happy just to have the spell checker. But it would be nice if it had them.
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You've picked up a univoter. Balanced out those 'unfair' 1 votes. :)
"Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.
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Unbeleivable. No translator either. And you still can't save your profile in the cloud so it is consistent on all your computers. Great job MS with your new version that is already outdated...
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Thanks but it didn't work.
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Unbeleivable. No translator either. And you still can't save your profile in the cloud so it is consistent on all your computers. Great job MS with your new version that is already outdated...
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I'm not sure I'd count translation as an essential feature, but they could definitely put in a spell check that would kick chrome's ass. I think they've been so focused on the designer community that they just haven't delivered much at all for users.
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Thanks but it didn't work.
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I was just about to post the same thing but found restarting IE after enabling the add-in fixed the issue. Why it couldn't just start working when I enabled it is another story...
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I'm not sure I'd count translation as an essential feature, but they could definitely put in a spell check that would kick chrome's ass. I think they've been so focused on the designer community that they just haven't delivered much at all for users.
Curvature of the Mind now with 3D
My guess is that some executive thinks giving away a spell checker will hurt MS Office sales. It seems like Office is the only MS product with a spell checker.
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