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Ed Dawson
Spell check works when I access from my MacBook. From the PC I am still as dumb as a turnip.
BEAR
I have not observed spell check being operational from my PC. (Dell, XP Pro)
Warren B. Musselman
Spell check is automatic as you type and underlines the bad spelling with a red line. There is no MS Word-like popup window offering alternative spellings, all it does is check the word and underline if it doesn’t know how to spell it. If that isn’t happening, you may have settings on your browser that disable Javascript to some degree. Try a different browser. Most of this site was developed and tested using Firefox and IE7 and IE8. I did do a couple tests with a borrowed Mac and that browser (Safari?). This sort of thing hasn’t been looked at since 2008 or thereabouts so if we have a problem, we should address it as our new group of web developers get up to speed.
One thing I should say here – there is an expectation that people using this site will be relatively current on their computer and browser. That doesn’t mean a new computer, but one where you have installed all the patches and security fixes and are running a browser that fully supports the current HTML standard, full javascript functionality and that allows cookies from our site. We haven’t tested with a browser older than IE7 or Firefox 2.5. Windows XP is cool, but forget about anything older than that. My personal machine is an 8 year old system with Windows XP or a 10 year old system running Ubuntu 11.1 and Firefox.
We also expect a minimum screen resolution of 1024 x 768 or greater. I personally run 1600 x 1200. If you think we’re going to downgrade the site so that you can use your 16 year old system running Windows 95 and IE3 on a screen of 640 x 480, dream on….
That said, one thing I hope we can add to the forums is a “Like” button or a simple way of voting a post up or down.
BEAR
Warren,
For whatever it might be worht, I have I.E. 8 on my machines. I also have Firefox installed on all of them and I use it frequently. This machine that I am working from has Vista. My laptop is XP and my desktop at home is XP Pro. They are all current on all of their updates and all are 2.0 gig processors or faster. They all have at least 2G of Ram and more than 150G of hard drive space available (none of which should matter in this issue). I have spell check working in my Outlook and it works fine. I have never seen the red underlined words that show me that something is mispelled. That just means to me that a setting is turned off on all three of my computers and my droid, and or, it may not be working on the website. Maybe others could comment on wheterh the spell check is working on their machines. Any solutions you can offer would be appreciated. I used to be an MCP – Networking, and I have an A+ certification on computers, but that in no way indicates that I really know what I am doing and certainly not in every situation.Warren B. Musselman
Bear,
I would suspect you have HIGH security set on IE8 (which also carries over to Firefox by the way) and have scripting disabled at some level. Answer a question for me – if you go into Contests and select the Mile High Contest and see the list of flyers – when you float over different names or flights, does the right hand column change to reflect the flight data for the flight?
BEAR
Yes Warren, when I go over the names with my cursor, the flight information on the right is changing giving me the details of the flight. And I want to compliment you and your associates for this fantastic website you have given us. Actually, I do not have high security, it is medium, and I take risks with my security, because with a lot of the sites I end up visitng to get information, they would not show up with a more strict security protocol. This unfortunately means that I manage to get to sites I should not be at and I get a lot of spam. At the same time, I have Norton 360 or Eset NOD 32, Paretologic Xoftspy SE and Regcure, Hitman, Malware Anti-Malware, CC Cleaner, and some other softwares to make sure that I am clean, safe, and secure. Updates are daily as are scans of system.
Warren B. Musselman
Ya’ gotta love Windows… it’s a job creator.
BEAR
I find that it is a love/hate relationship. I have noticed that whenever a new version of something comes out. like I.E. 9, my I.E. 8 starts acting up and running slow. then I have to do research, read the blogs on what others are saying, do some fixes and get it back to normal again. Last week my vista machine was crawling when I.E. 8 was running. I opened Firefox and used it, and all the I.E. 8 issues went away when I re-opened it. Now why would that be?
bryans
I’d like to see email based interaction with the forums in a way that a user can use either web interface or mail, and for the majority of posts that are just text, no one would be able to tell the difference. This would require some fancy software to deal with spam and thread tokens and so on, but I know its doable. Wish i had the time to volunteer, but 3 little kids and the job dont leave me with many active brain cells at the end of a day.
Secondly, ainor adjustment to these forums, probably 90 second change for someone familiar with the php code:
Cant make a left pointing arrow. See that stupid date there of when i joined? I am constantly seeing those and confusing them with post dates and thinking that i have somehow gotten on a 1 3 5 year old thread. Make it go away, if anybody wants to know when i joined the forum they can click and look at profile.
Ed Dawson
BEAR
Warren B. Musselman
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