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Why IE Still sucks today... Installed IE9 and still no spell check.

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  • T ToddHileHoffer

    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 Great job MS with your new version that is already outdated...

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    Ravi Sant
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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.

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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.

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      ToddHileHoffer
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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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      • M Marc Clifton

        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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        TheGreatAndPowerfulOz
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        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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        • T ToddHileHoffer

          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.

          I didn't get any requirements for the signature

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          TheGreatAndPowerfulOz
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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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          • T ToddHileHoffer

            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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            Rajesh R Subramanian
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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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            • D Dan Mos

              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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              De ce?

              There is water at the bottom of the ocean. My Mu[sic] My Films My Windows Programs, etc.

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              • T ToddHileHoffer

                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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                Rajesh R Subramanian
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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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                • T ToddHileHoffer

                  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...

                  I didn't get any requirements for the signature

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                  Soulus83
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                  Here you go! Clickety[^]

                  "Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--either way, you are right." — Henry Ford

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                  • S Soulus83

                    Here you go! Clickety[^]

                    "Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--either way, you are right." — Henry Ford

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                    ToddHileHoffer
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                    Thanks but it didn't work.

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                    • T ToddHileHoffer

                      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...

                      I didn't get any requirements for the signature

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                      Andy Brummer
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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

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                      • T ToddHileHoffer

                        Thanks but it didn't work.

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                        Chris Maunder
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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...

                        cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP

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                        • A Andy Brummer

                          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

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                          ToddHileHoffer
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                          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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                          • T ToddHileHoffer

                            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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                            Pete OHanlon
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                            There's a spell checker available for WPF applications. TextBoxBase supplies SpellCheck.IsEnabled to add spell check support, and with .NET 4 you can even use custom dictionaries.

                            I'm not a stalker, I just know things. Oh by the way, you're out of milk.

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                            • T ToddHileHoffer

                              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...

                              I didn't get any requirements for the signature

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                              Todd Smith
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                              I'm still annoyed that you have to use flash to get multiple file uploads working on IE9. With Chrome, Firefox and Safari they support the 'multiple' attribute on the file input tag and also support the FileAPI. So it's super simple to support multiple file uploads natively on those non-IE browsers. Maybe the 9 refers to the number of releases it will take them to catch up to the other browsers? And yes, that number will keep increasing :doh:

                              Todd Smith

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                                De ce?

                                There is water at the bottom of the ocean. My Mu[sic] My Films My Windows Programs, etc.

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                                Dan Mos
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                                Why not? ;P

                                All the best, Dan

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                                • T ToddHileHoffer

                                  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.

                                  I didn't get any requirements for the signature

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                                  ToddHileHoffer wrote:

                                  My guess is that some executive thinks giving away a spell checker will hurt MS Office sales.

                                  If so, then the guy is a real 'tard. Anybody with half a brain would see an Office sales boost from using the Word/Outlook spell checker in IE if both products were installed.

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                                  • P Pete OHanlon

                                    There's a spell checker available for WPF applications. TextBoxBase supplies SpellCheck.IsEnabled to add spell check support, and with .NET 4 you can even use custom dictionaries.

                                    I'm not a stalker, I just know things. Oh by the way, you're out of milk.

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                                    ToddHileHoffer
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                                    Good to know. Thanks. I have just put my second Silverlight application into production. Yesterday I started learning MVC 3. I have been doing some tutorials. It is much much easier than the MVVM stuff I've been doing. However, the SL projects have some advantages for sure. I'm so torn as to what to use...

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                                      ToddHileHoffer wrote:

                                      My guess is that some executive thinks giving away a spell checker will hurt MS Office sales.

                                      If so, then the guy is a real 'tard. Anybody with half a brain would see an Office sales boost from using the Word/Outlook spell checker in IE if both products were installed.

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                                      ToddHileHoffer
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                                      Chris C-B wrote:

                                      If so, then the guy is a real 'tard. Anybody with half a brain would see an Office sales boost from using the Word/Outlook spell checker in IE if both products were installed.

                                      Any guess why they didn't include the SC in IE?

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                                      • T Todd Smith

                                        I'm still annoyed that you have to use flash to get multiple file uploads working on IE9. With Chrome, Firefox and Safari they support the 'multiple' attribute on the file input tag and also support the FileAPI. So it's super simple to support multiple file uploads natively on those non-IE browsers. Maybe the 9 refers to the number of releases it will take them to catch up to the other browsers? And yes, that number will keep increasing :doh:

                                        Todd Smith

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                                        ToddHileHoffer
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                                        Todd Smith wrote:

                                        Maybe the 9 refers to the number of releases it will take them to catch up to the other browsers? And yes, that number will keep increasing

                                        Yes, pretty funny. The desperately need to make a new version of IE that gets updated regularly to keep up with the competition. They should call it IE Fun or something like that. I guess they have to be very careful with IE not to break any of the thousands of Enterprise applications that run in Corporate offices everywhere but when Google Chrome is about to release Version 11 in 3 years, they need to do something.

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                                        • T ToddHileHoffer

                                          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...

                                          I didn't get any requirements for the signature

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                                          Dan Neely
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                                          MS had spent almost a decade not caring about browsers at all. IE9 is the first competitive browser they've had since Mozilla rose from the ashes of nutscrape. Expecting them to get *everything* that they'd ignored for years in a single pass is asking for too much. Because of the glacial rate that IE users upgrade their browsers IMO implementing all the mature HTML5 standards and boosting performance are more important than supporting tools that can be added via plugin. Now that they're more or less caught up, however I'd be concerned if a speel chucker in some form doesn't show up in IE10.

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