I recently started using SpellBound, a Firefox spellchecker for form input fields and textareas. It’s a great way to spell check when you are filling out forms or creating blog posts, when there is no built-in spellchecker. Trust me, when you make typos like I do, something like this comes in really handy.
The Thunderbird dictionary I’m using with SpellBound does not know what a “blog” is. Ok, I guess it’s just our little secret.
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via Jeremy Garica (Linux Magazine article)
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Hey, I tried this out recently, but it does not appear to work in FF 1.5. Are you running 1.5?
The screenshot I made for this blog post was using SpellBound with Firefox 1.5 on a Mac. You might want to double check that you are using the correct libraries for 1.5. It’s the 2nd set on the download page
I’m glad I found this post! I needed a good spellchecker. Thanks! :)