07-09-2004, 07:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Jason Dunn
Now if I could only get the damn spell checker to work I'd be set! When I right click and do a spell check, the window loads, but there's no content in it. :-(
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I had the same problem! IESpell is a tough giveup, that's the main reason I keep going back to IE...
Steve
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07-09-2004, 07:11 PM
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Does that check for Firefox updates or only the updates for extensions?
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07-09-2004, 11:00 PM
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For those of you wanting to try a spellchecker, there's this bizarre set of instructions.
My guess is that we probably won't see a polished spellchecker until the 1.0 release, although I hope it comes sooner.
--janak
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07-10-2004, 01:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Jacob
Does that check for Firefox updates or only the updates for extensions?
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v 0.9.2 has in the Options panel a way to automatically check for updates to both, I believe, as well as a "check now" button.
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07-10-2004, 02:27 AM
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I just got it working using a combination of the instructions here (already linked by Janak):
http://www.4serendipity.com/journal/...es/000140.html
And these here:
http://www.notestips.com/80256B3A007F2692/1/TAIO-5W9KW6
So, what I found was key was downloading the .zip of 0.9 from the first link, and copying the mentioned file from the archive (composer.xpt) to the components directory. But the instructions from the top link made the spell checker open, but with no text loaded and no dictionaries available (even though I downloaded the english dictionary). So I went to the second instructions... I moved a different file from the components directory (compreg.dat) to components_temp. Then I had to re-install the stuff from the FIRST link.
But now it works. There's probably a simpler order and such, but I installed and reinstalled extensions so much I'm not exactly sure *what* order.
Most likely though, these would be the steps:
- Get the composer.xpt file into your components directory by downloading the zip from the first link.
- Install the two extensions from the first link.
- Move the compreg.dat file (as the 2nd link instructs)
- Install the dictionary file as instructed by the first link.
If that doesn't work, play around more with the ordering of the extension installation and the compreg.dat removal. But I'm pretty sure the dictionary file install has to be last.
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07-10-2004, 04:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Kati Compton
I just got it working using a combination of the instructions here (already linked by Janak)
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Thanks Janak and Kati! I'll give the spell checker another shot! :wink:
Steve
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07-16-2004, 10:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Jason Dunn
Interesting. Since there has been a huge suge in Firefox/Mozilla downloads, there's suddenly more scrutiny of the browser, and holes are going to be found. No doubt there are hackers out there starting to poke and prod at it. And, worse, Firefox doesn't seem to have an "UPDATE" function or any way to automatically check for patches. :-(
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Time to fix a Firefox hole: 1 day
Time to fix a Microsoft hole: 1-2 months
Time for the Microsoft fix to create further holes: instant 8)
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Originally Posted by c38b2
0.9.1 came out a week or so ago, the current version is 0.9.2. Wink
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0.9.2 appears to be already patched.
1.0 is set to go gold on September 14.
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07-16-2004, 12:48 PM
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I guess Mozilla is just speeding along faster than I could think. I have no idea what my current version is. I can't convince any family (other than my uncle who already had firefox) to switch...
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