Jason,

I made a similar suggestion in another thread, on 17-July, to no avail.

Quote: I think the variation is down to poor "browser compatibility" in the html ... which is something your web-developers need to check.

There are many of us that are interested in this problem, so; why not let the developers make a few test postings ... we could then report on performance in different browsers.

MichaelG.

iPad / iOS, Safari

MacBookPro / SnowLeopard, Safari

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 22/08/2012 21:34:58

It's obviously one of those four-wheel Isettas, Norman.

... but which way is it pointing ?

​MichaelG.

wot spelchekker? Does it exist? There are quite a number of mistakes in postings by apparently English people who should know better.

SPELLCHECKER?..All I get under Opera is.."......Not supported" or some such.. That I can live with

The one that can [in some browsers] be enabled via the drop-down menu under the icon with "ABC" and a "Tick" ... just above Norman's "BubbleCar".

"Check" is, of course, the American for "Tick" ... which just about explains the logic behind that icon.

MichaelG.

Hi Michael

Four wheeled Isetta - yes I think that's what was brought to mind. As far as direction - well the only bubble car I've looked at really is the Messerschmitt with, I think, a 3 speed gearbox operated by a single lever which just moved in a straight line fore and aft. That was, I believe, 3 forward speeds and 3 reverse! So, in answer to your question - it really didnt matter - same performance in either direction! ( I guess though that selecting the reverse direction might prove to be more exciting!)

Never owned one but one was on offer many moons ago. I wish I'd bought it - they go for a fortune today.

Norman

You can check the validity of a web page with the W3C CSS Validation Service. This particular page shows 12 errors. Other pages here show various numbers of errors. Perhaps it would be better if the developers cleaned up these before resorting to test postings.

Re: Spelling checkers.
Browser spelling checkers don't work with the editor here. You have to enable the local checker (SCAYT) from the drop down above the reply pane. Any words or personal spelling preferences you use are stored as a cookie (assuming you have site cookies turned on of course). If you delete cookies, you lose your personal dictionary.

Dumb idea. Makes much more sense for people to use their browser spelling checker and preferred dialect dictionary on all sites they visit rather than checkers (chequers? ) that are local to that site only.

(Like many, I have it turned off here. If there are any spelling errors, that explains it).

Agreed 100%, Sid ... they need to clean up the evident defects in the code before [but not intead of] doing any test postings.

The sequence is pretty well established:

1. Development

2. Browser Compatibility Testing

3. Stress Testing and Penetration Testing

4. User Acceptance Testing

... repeat as required.

"In the Real World": The effort put into each stage tends to vary, according to:

(a) the Budget available, and

(b) the perceived Impact of failure.

MichaelG.

Thought it would be obvious that I was joking when I said "Wot spelchekker?"

Nothing is obvious on this forum.

Others have asked that question seriously.

... Sorry I missed the joke.

MichaelG.

I think you have hit the nail on the head there!

(a) Appear very limited

(b) Virtually no impact, all it does is annoy the forum users. I doubt the management (especially the corporate bods) even know about it. If they did, they probably wouldn't see any point in wasting resources on it anyway.

As I said, I have stopped worrying about it.

By coincidence, I've just looked at the high quality engineering (and the high standard of his photography) in Graham Meek's recent Myford project. They really have screwed up the screen layout though!

Ian

Hi Sid, I have a spell checker in my Google Toolbar, which works fine in this editor. My SCYAT is disabled.

Regards Nick.

That's interesting, Nick. It sure doesn't work with FF/IE plugins. I wonder what Google's got that the others haven't

Not that I want to install the Google toolbar just for that.

Hi Sid, well my browser is IE9.

Regards Nick.