_____/ On Thu 15 Dec 2005 10:23:08 GMT, [Nik Cubrilovic] wrote : \_____
On 15/12/05, ifelse <wordswithstyle@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> "will there be a standard spell checker included in base"
Why incorporate something into the base:
a) which a lot of people won't use
b) not everyone can use
c) is easily, readily available as a plugin
d) is bulky
A external and often extraneous feature such as a spellchecker is better
suited as a plugin rather than as a core feature.
Yes, and I asked if there is one that works with 2.0. The other reason
should be that doing multi-lingual spell-checking isn't simple and the
whole world doesn't speak just English. Installing a browser plugin
for me is easy you see, but I install at least one Wordpress blog a
week for various friends and people and I get the same request each
time - spellcheck.
Have a look at: http://spellbound.sourceforge.net/screenshots
It should be capable of handling multiple languages depending on what dic-
tionaries you have installed.
Also have a look at htmlarea: http://sf.net/projects/itools-htmlarea/
Its latest and heaviest version has spellcheking capabilities, which can
in principle be re-used/grafted.
For some reason, I believe I once saw a spellchcker in TinyMCE. I can't
find that in WordPress 2.0 RC2 though.
As for tagging, I was referring to writting a plugin, I didn't make
that clear. I asked if this had been done or if there was any form of
tagging plugin for 2.0 as my search for one was fruitless.
2.0 is not out yet. There are several such plug-ins for 1.5; they might
already be compatible with 2.0. If not, the authors will probably adapt
them accordingly when a public beta is out, just before 'rush time'.
Why is
having a simple rel drop-down for content links confusing, but when
adding an ordinary link it is not (especially since the ordinary link
options are long and exhaustive)?
Someone whom I taught how to use WordPress found it difficult understand-
ing the difference between the address and the anchor text (he is almost
80 if that adds something). He still can't figure out why you would need
both. Add yet another such complexity to the core and users will be scared
to add links. I definitely agree that such a plug-in is worthwhile.
Best wises,
Roy
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