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For polyglot users, the Spell Checker loses much of its appeal, because you must manually switch the language every time you switch between languages. | For polyglot users, the Spell Checker loses much of its appeal, because you must manually switch the language every time you switch between languages. | ||
If the checker simply remembered the language I chose for each web page and on a second level for each text area on that web page (probably hard to impossible), it would greatly simplify writing for polyglot users. So, if I write on English wikipedia it first checks which language header the web site sent and if I don't agree with that setting, I can | If the checker simply remembered the language I chose for each web page and on a second level for each text area on that web page (probably hard to impossible), it would greatly simplify writing for polyglot users. So, if I write on English wikipedia it first checks which language header the web site sent and if I don't agree with that setting, I can choose my own - maybe British English, even though Wikipedia sends US-English headers - and the checker will remember my choice, when I revisit the page. | ||
Another idea would be auto-recognition and multiple languages, but that's not too easy I guess, especially if the detection is based on the users misspellings. | Another idea would be auto-recognition and multiple languages, but that's not too easy I guess, especially if the detection is based on the users misspellings. | ||
I don't know whether there already is some sort of JS-Handler, but if web sites could tamper with Firefoxes Spell checker, they could suggest the right language right away - and annoy users a lot if they have bad intentions, of course. | I don't know whether there already is some sort of JS-Handler, but if web sites could tamper with Firefoxes Spell checker, they could suggest the right language right away - and annoy users a lot if they have bad intentions, of course. | ||
--[[User:Rubenarslan|Rubenarslan]] 09:11, 4 November 2007 (PST) | --[[User:Rubenarslan|Rubenarslan]] 09:11, 4 November 2007 (PST) | ||