Now that the new post editor is available in Production (Orange) Blogger, a few bloggers have already noticed a significant deficiency
It's possible that including a spell checker in post editor isn't a good strategic move for Blogger, in the long term.
So, instead of complaining about the lack of a spell checker, maybe we can start using third party solutions - at least, until Blogger develops an enhancement. Both Chrome and Firefox include a spell checker - and one which, to my eye, is more configurable than the Blogger spell checker. For Internet Explorer, a few bloggers use IESpell, which is, as many third party products, free for personal use.
An alternative possibility would be to return to using the old post editor. Hopefully, until the new post editor has been fully populated with features, the old post editor will continue to be available.
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Where is my spellchecker?as if use of a spellchecker is essential to their blogging activities.
It's possible that including a spell checker in post editor isn't a good strategic move for Blogger, in the long term.
- Blogger / Google is international, and multi-lingual. Every different culture, and language, has its own unique spelling and grammar.
- Even with single languages, blogging subjects require an almost infinite combination of individually permitted (designated "good" spelling), and individually prohibited (designated "bad" spelling) phrases and words. Every different blogger is unique, and likely has unique requirements.
- Many browsers, and other third party products, include spell checking, that's configurable to the needs of the individual users (of which blogging would be a small part only).
So, instead of complaining about the lack of a spell checker, maybe we can start using third party solutions - at least, until Blogger develops an enhancement. Both Chrome and Firefox include a spell checker - and one which, to my eye, is more configurable than the Blogger spell checker. For Internet Explorer, a few bloggers use IESpell, which is, as many third party products, free for personal use.
An alternative possibility would be to return to using the old post editor. Hopefully, until the new post editor has been fully populated with features, the old post editor will continue to be available.
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Comments
Not to mention that there are a few that Google wants "encouraged" so I can also see why they would not "allow" blogger spell-check. At least for that reason, alone.
Not to mention that the "old blogger spell-check" created some NASTY HTML code problems for me. It was brutal, to be 100% honest.
I too tried running spell check against HTML. Once. Not again. 8-(
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Spellcheckers just offer suggestions, so I don't think unique spelling or good/bad spelling are a problem for Blogger. I'll bet they add it back. You could say the same thing about font colors - "Well, Blogger can't put everybody's favorite color in there, so we'll all just have to get a third party product to do it."
I have noted these deficiencies with the old Blogger post editor spell checker too. I just didn't get around to writing about it.
I just like to be a devils advocate every now and then. ;-)
Errors included.
Words that were not actually spelled incorrectly but spell-check did not recognize still having highlights on them in main blog after post. (A common few for me are names, especially site or game names that have a URL)
Blog post extending over other blog posts underneath it and creating something awkward and ugly. (I found the only way to "fix this" was by actually deleting the post and making a new one)
"Floating highlights". Small bars of yellow in spaces or on hyphens if that was how the word was "suggested" be fixed. (You had to "find" the "checker" HTML and remove it by force from HTML code)
It also destroyed any links, img sources and a SLEW of other things that were "dependent" on any wordings that are always spelled incorrectly. (Such as URLs, extended HTML and anything not in English. Way to fix is same as one above.)
Spell-check = Good.
Blogger spell-check =/= Good.
Hey, all the help this blog has given me I was very glad I could actually contribute something.
Only problem will be keeping my husband from freaking out five minutes from now when he awakes and finds out something "changed" on the computer - he hates that. I'd better get pancakes ready to soothe the blow.
Make sure that your husband knows how much better off he is with Firefox, than Internet Explorer. And if he gets pancakes too, he's way ahead of where he was yesterday.
It's not perfect, but it is free, and I have had every problem with the old Blogger spell-checker noted here, too. No problems with this 3rd party app.
I need spellcheck desperately. Can someone tell me the steps to take to revert to the old blogger with spell check?
Settings - Basic is where you start. See instructions above.