New Computer

KSagal · 03-25-2008, 08:52 AM

I have a new laptop computer, and am trying to update this ole' dinosaur's ways...

I stopped using AOL as my browser after about 15 years and started using explorer. I liked some of the features.

It was suggested to me that I use FireFox instead. I am using that now...

Any input? I like having the online spell check that was in my explorer version on this vista OS from Microsoft, but I seem to have a spell checker of some sort on Firefox as well, I just do not know how to use it. Any ideas?

Any other suggestions for my fairly aware and full of holes kind of knowledge about these things?

JohnM · 03-25-2008, 10:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KSagal

Any input? I like having the online spell check that was in my explorer version on this vista OS from Microsoft, but I seem to have a spell checker of some sort on Firefox as well, I just do not know how to use it. Any ideas?

To toggle the Firefox spell checker, start at the menu bar,
Tools
Options
Advanced
General
Check my spelling as I type

JohnM
ManchVegas NH

KSagal · 03-25-2008, 10:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JohnM

To toggle the Firefox spell checker, start at the menu bar,
Tools
Options
Advanced
General
Check my spelling as I type

JohnM
ManchVegas NH

I am at work, and using the explorer in the NT machine I have here (thru dialup from client to VPN to Itranet to Internet) but I will check it out when I get home. Thanks for the path...

I believe I found it last night, and it is on, but I am spoiled, and it only highlights words it does not like, it does not offer corrections... yet.

jryan · 03-25-2008, 10:40 AM

Now if only the spell check worked on livechat........

Jeremy Ryan

JohnM · 03-25-2008, 10:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KSagal

I believe I found it last night, and it is on, but I am spoiled, and it only highlights words it does not like, it does not offer corrections... yet.

My version, 2.0.0.12, underscores words it doesn't like. A right click on the offending word brings up the suggested corrections.

JohnM
ManchVegas NH

BillPaxton · 03-25-2008, 01:23 PM

Another good alternative to IE is Safari by apple. Its a free download like all the others. I couldn't tell you why its any better or worse than FireFox because I do not use it - I started using Safari back in my iMac days and just got used to it, and its now available for PC as well as apples. If your new laptop is Linux (don't laugh - alot of people are moving to it because its free and it looks more or less like windows) I would use IceWeasel as a browser.

KSagal · 03-25-2008, 06:44 PM

Thanks Bill and JohnM.

I will try the Right button when I get home. I am on that company computer thru thru thru weird connections now, and will have to live without my spell check while here...

At home, I will try JohnM's suggestion. I tried all that I thought of, but do not recall if I tried the right button. (I think I did)

JR, the whole reason for this thread is because I spell so poorly, and I dislike advertising it to the world. For a few days, my new laptop was spell checking this forum and any other thing I typed, but I have not found the "automatic spell check before transmit" button yet, like I set all my email programs to.

Bill, Sorry, I am barely literate in PC language, and do not know nor have a desire to learn about Apple stuff... Also, whenever I get too involved with apple folks, my politics usually sets me into their negativism, and I just do not care to debate endlessly about that. I choose to debate endlessly about what I choose to debate on, not what I am forced into...

For the record, the PC is a Toshiba, nice screen, and a Microsoft Vista operating system. I thought I had mentioned that... Sorry.

I know I just bunched a whole lot of people into one group, in saying that apple (mac?) people are more liberal than me, but it has been my experience as a whole. Notable exceptions do exist.

I do thank everyone for this great response, however... It has been very helpful.

03-25-2008, 08:52 AM	#1
KSagal Glides a lot, talks more... Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Pelham, NH, USA. Posts: 10,356	New Computer I have a new laptop computer, and am trying to update this ole' dinosaur's ways... I stopped using AOL as my browser after about 15 years and started using explorer. I liked some of the features. It was suggested to me that I use FireFox instead. I am using that now... Any input? I like having the online spell check that was in my explorer version on this vista OS from Microsoft, but I seem to have a spell checker of some sort on Firefox as well, I just do not know how to use it. Any ideas? Any other suggestions for my fairly aware and full of holes kind of knowledge about these things? __________________ Karl Ian Sagal To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. "Well done is better than well said." (Ben Franklin) Bene factum melior bene dictum Proud past President of SEG America and member of the First Premier Segway Enthusiasts Group and subsequent ones as well.

03-25-2008, 10:40 AM	#4
jryan Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Where Boris runs free and so do !!! Posts: 782	Now if only the spell check worked on livechat........ Jeremy Ryan __________________ I voted before it was cool!! - A wise young lad!

03-25-2008, 01:23 PM	#6
BillPaxton Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Jupiter, FL Posts: 581	Safari web browser Another good alternative to IE is Safari by apple. Its a free download like all the others. I couldn't tell you why its any better or worse than FireFox because I do not use it - I started using Safari back in my iMac days and just got used to it, and its now available for PC as well as apples. If your new laptop is Linux (don't laugh - alot of people are moving to it because its free and it looks more or less like windows) I would use IceWeasel as a browser. __________________ Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut. ~Ernest Hemingway

03-25-2008, 06:44 PM	#7
KSagal Glides a lot, talks more... Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Pelham, NH, USA. Posts: 10,356	Thanks Bill and JohnM. I will try the Right button when I get home. I am on that company computer thru thru thru weird connections now, and will have to live without my spell check while here... At home, I will try JohnM's suggestion. I tried all that I thought of, but do not recall if I tried the right button. (I think I did) JR, the whole reason for this thread is because I spell so poorly, and I dislike advertising it to the world. For a few days, my new laptop was spell checking this forum and any other thing I typed, but I have not found the "automatic spell check before transmit" button yet, like I set all my email programs to. Bill, Sorry, I am barely literate in PC language, and do not know nor have a desire to learn about Apple stuff... Also, whenever I get too involved with apple folks, my politics usually sets me into their negativism, and I just do not care to debate endlessly about that. I choose to debate endlessly about what I choose to debate on, not what I am forced into... For the record, the PC is a Toshiba, nice screen, and a Microsoft Vista operating system. I thought I had mentioned that... Sorry. I know I just bunched a whole lot of people into one group, in saying that apple (mac?) people are more liberal than me, but it has been my experience as a whole. Notable exceptions do exist. I do thank everyone for this great response, however... It has been very helpful. __________________ Karl Ian Sagal To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. "Well done is better than well said." (Ben Franklin) Bene factum melior bene dictum Proud past President of SEG America and member of the First Premier Segway Enthusiasts Group and subsequent ones as well.

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