Spell Check for your browser
Thursday, July 07, 2005 (23:33:18)

Posted by watts

I'm always looking for the next great plugins for my Firefox browser. My list of must have extensions continues to grow. If you're looking for a spell checker for those text boxes on a web page, I think I've found the solution...and I haven't forgotten about IE either.

IESpell (get it here) is an addon for Internet Explorer. It's a completely standalone spell checker for your browser and is spyware/adware free. And it's cheap...i.e. FREE.

Spellbound (get it here) is an extension for Firefox that also checks spelling in browser text boxes. It requires a separate download of your preferred language's dictionary and includes a personal dictionary. It's not as simple to install as most extensions but the instructions on their installation page are easy to follow. Follow the Elevated Privilages instructions. If you have to install three different things, you did it right. It requires the Mozilla spell check libraries, the dictionary, and the Spellbound extension. This free too.

The Links:

IESpell - http://www.iespell.com/download.php
SpellBound - http://spellbound.sourceforge.net/install