[Mediawiki-l] Re: BETA Spellchecker

Chris McIntosh cmcintosh at gmail.com
Wed Jul 20 15:54:55 UTC 2005


While I agree that spell checking might not suite everyone. There
still is a need for it. Which is what this extension meets.

As for performance, I designed the extension so that it would be very
easy to designate a "spell check server" or a "spell check cluster" so
load problems would only be noticed by those who choose to use the
service anyone else won't see any effects at all.

--
Chris McIntosh

On 7/20/05, Jan Steinman <Jan at bytesmiths.com> wrote:
> > From: "Myria" <myria at wolfandturtle.net>
> >
> > Steven Hilton wrote:
> >
> >> On 7/19/05, Jan Steinman <Jan at bytesmiths.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> With all due respect to the work you have done, I believe spell
> >>> checking is the domain of the client.
> >
> >>> On Safari (MacOS X) at least, client-side interactive spell checking
> >>> works great with MediaWiki. Does it not in other browers/OSs?
> >
> > The problem, of course, is that exceedingly few Wiki users...
> > are going to be apt to have either product (despite the
> > fact that I list them on my help page).
> 
> Mea culpa. <gloat>I just assumed all modern operating systems came
> off-the-shelf with built-in, system-wide interactive spelling
> correction that works equally well in all applications. (Except for a
> few bad Windows ports that ignore system input methods.)</gloat>
> 
> (Every time I even think about trying Windows or Linux, something
> like this reminds me why I use a Mac.)
> 
> > I'm really at a loss as to why -- aside from the seemingly inevitable
> > naysaying so common to this list -- a server-side spell checker is
> > such a
> > bad idea.
> 
> Sorry, I did not mean ot be a nay-sayer. It was simply superfluous to
> me. I now know why others need such a thing.
> 
> :::: How many people did YOU starve today?
> :::: Driving 4 miles in a 20 mpg vehicle is the energy-equivalent of
> over 2 loaves of bread. -- David Pimentel, Cornell University
> :::: Jan Steinman <http://www.Bytesmiths.com/Van>
> 
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