Firefox 2.0 now with real time spell check

[masraum]

Freakin' cool. I just upgraded to FF 2.0, and it now has a built in spell check that puts a red line under misspelled words similarly to MS Word. For instance, the word "Freakin'" is underlined in this post both times. What a handy little feature.

[rcecale]

I started using 2.0 about a week ago. Much improvement on an already superior browser, IMHO.

Randy

[Joeaksa]

Ditto, like the new version much better.

[slodave]

Boy you guys are slow! Only thing I have had happen, is accidentally adding a misspelled word. I have not figured out how to get rid of it. Get the IE extension. You can open IE in a tab under FF.

[gprsh924]

dave does that allow you to watch videos and such that normally wouldnt work in Firefox?

[gprsh924]

Ok i downloaded, wow that is awesome. I had been running 2.0 for a long time, but that extension is really cool. No need to run separate browsers for anything now

[masraum]

Originally posted by slodave
Boy you guys are slow! Only thing I have had happen, is accidentally adding a misspelled word. I have not figured out how to get rid of it. Get the IE extension. You can open IE in a tab under FF.

I've been using "IETab" for months now. It's especially useful at work where most of the intranet stuff that I have to work with is on a MS Sharepoint setup. And since I often need several windows open at once the tabs are a God-send.

I've been using Netscape/Mozilla pretty much since I got on the Net in about '96 except for a few months several years back.

[cashflyer]

Editing Firefox dictionary: LINK

[gr8fl4porsche]

Thanks SloDave,

I have been trying to fix a situation where on some websites, using Mozilla and a widescreen monitor, I could not clearly view some websites as the text overlaps each other. These same sites are fine if viewed using IE. With the IE Lite Add-on, those sites can be set to open in IE automatically and everything is fine.

Thanks again.

[widebody911]

I have been trying to fix a situation where on some websites, using Mozilla and a widescreen monitor, I could not clearly view some websites as the text overlaps each other. These same sites are fine if viewed using IE. [/B]

For the record, this is an IIS/IE problem, not a Firefox problem. MS is trying to leverage their market share to change the W3 standards on-the-fly.

[thrown_hammer]

So what your telling me is in ten years IE will have real time spell check?

[wrecktech]

I have the older version, 1.7 I think. How do I update without losing my bookmarks?

[slodave]

Originally posted by wrecktech
I have the older version, 1.7 I think. How do I update without losing my bookmarks?

Firefox will keep your settings as you upgrade.

Dave

[wrecktech]

So do I just download the 2.0 version or is there somewhere where I go to just upgrade?

[slodave]

Originally posted by wrecktech
So do I just download the 2.0 version or is there somewhere where I go to just upgrade?

Just go to www.mozilla.com and download version 2.

[masraum]

www.firefox.com

v2.0.0.3 is a link on that page, 5.7MB download, then install. Firefox does the rest.

[porsche911girl]

Wow you guys are slow! I've been using FF 2.0 for at least 3 months now!

One thing I haven't figured out yet, is what happened to my bookmarks in the previous FF. My laptop crashed and they disappeared when it rebooted and went to the Mozilla start page, like it does when you install a new version of Firefox, only I hadn't changed my version. Strange. I tried everything but they never came back. So then I upgraded to FF 2.0, thinking maybe they'd come back...nope. No idea where they went. Dammit.

[gr8fl4porsche]

Whats strange is that FF does not automatically update to 2.0.
I just clicked on 'check for updates' while using 1.0 and it said everything was current. Mozilla never notified me that 2.0 was available. The new version is nice.

[CurtEgerer]

I've been using this for a few months now and it is indispensable. I also like the map feature - just highlight a written address and a map box pops up without opening a new window.

[slodave]

Originally posted by porsche911girl
Wow you guys are slow! I've been using FF 2.0 for at least 3 months now!

One thing I haven't figured out yet, is what happened to my bookmarks in the previous FF. My laptop crashed and they disappeared when it rebooted and went to the Mozilla start page, like it does when you install a new version of Firefox, only I hadn't changed my version. Strange. I tried everything but they never came back. So then I upgraded to FF 2.0, thinking maybe they'd come back...nope. No idea where they went. Dammit.

If Windows crashed while Firefox is open, there is a possibility that the bookmark file can become corrupt.

Dave