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MaxHeadroom · May 11, 2025

I don't have the option in the drop down even if i turn the AI grammar checker on it just works after i do.

Scannerman · May 11, 2025

gunrunnerjohn said:
I'd venture to say that word is a result of your pick of language.

"In British English, the word "color" is spelled as colour. "

Quotation and capitalization will often 'save the day' with the spell checker.

MaxHeadroom · May 11, 2025

gunrunnerjohn said:
I'd venture to say that word is a result of your pick of language.

"In British English, the word "color" is spelled as colour. "

For some reason my Firefox spell checker didn't work out of the box i had to add the spell checker below along with the other 385,861 people who have installed it, as you said colour would not have been highlighted as it is the correct spelling here but color should have been (in the text box below) which it wasn't.

gunrunnerjohn · May 11, 2025

I've never had a lick of problem with the spell check, and I've been using Firefox for at least fifteen years on a variety of platforms, Windows and Linux.

Helmut said:
"The FF market share as a desktop browser (over 150 millions users) is pretty stable:"
Inaccurate, no surprise to anyone.

Inaccurate according to who? Various sources have FF in the 140M to 160M users.

One reason Chrome has a lot of users is it's installed by default on a majority of all boxed computers.

hdmi · May 11, 2025

gunrunnerjohn said:
I'd venture to say that word is a result of your pick of language.

"In British English, the word "color" is spelled as colour. "

In Firefox, the word "color" is spelled like this:

MaxHeadroom · May 12, 2025

Here are two examples the first is with the language tool turned off and the spell check settings in the bottom two pictures as you can see no highlighted words the second is with the language tool turned on, all words highlighted.

As i said in my earlier post its not the first time this has happened and its on different PC's how many people have been put off the browser because they cannot be bothered trying to get it to work.

MaxHeadroom · May 12, 2025

This thread is a perfect example of my issue -

https://superuser.com/questions/1763142/firefox-spell-check-not-working-english-gb-windows-10-x64-esr

pseymour · May 12, 2025

You keep showing your language settings dialog. That has nothing to do with spell check. You need a dictionary of the appropriate language.

Dictionaries and Language Packs – Add-ons for Firefox (en-US)

Download Firefox dictionaries and language pack extensions. Add a new language option to your browser spell-checker, or change the browser's interface language.

addons.mozilla.org

MaxHeadroom · May 12, 2025

pseymour said:
You keep showing your language settings dialog. That has nothing to do with spell check. You need a dictionary of the appropriate language.

Well that was suggested -

I'd venture to say that word is a result of your pick of language.

"In British English, the word "color" is spelled as colour. "

Earlier someone said the spell checker should work out of the box i said it didn't for me and demonstrated the problems i was having, i had to add the language tool to get it to work it was suggested it may be my pick of language (see above) which it wasn't, so to get it to work you need to add a dictionary it doesn't work unless you do.

So to go back to my original question and the point i was trying to make, why are the dictionaries not installed when you download the browser people will be put off if they have to start searching for a solution to the spell check not working all other browsers spell checking works without the user having to add stuff why not Firefox?

pseymour · May 12, 2025

Well, you say the dictionary thing has been suggested, but you refuse to show us whether you have a dictionary installed for your locale, but you're willing to show screenshots of irrelevant things.

"Not all locales come with a dictionary installed due to licensing reasons." How do I use the Firefox spell checker? | Firefox Help

I installed an en-GB Windows, and an en-GB Firefox, and the spell check works.

View attachment 133836

gunrunnerjohn · May 12, 2025

pseymour said:
I installed an en-GB Windows, and an en-GB Firefox, and the spell check works.

Looks like we won't be hearing from MaxHeadroom any more.

Stigg · May 13, 2025

gunrunnerjohn said:
Looks like we won't be hearing from MaxHeadroom any more.

View attachment 133838

What happened to Max? Didn't he allow enough headroom?

jimbo45 · May 13, 2025

Hi folks
I'm confused as to why one would want a spell check in a web browser -- most search engines are sophisticated enough to know if you are looking for something and mis-spell the item and return the correct query.

Usually - at least the people I know use web browsers for RETRIEVING data from a web site and any forms etc presented to the user are checked by the relevant target / destination website e.g valid Bank sort code etc.

Spell checks are fine for office type stuff - word, power point etc or e-mail but I can't conceive of another use in a browser -- perhaps I've missed something here - so I'd be glad of a bit on enlightenment.

The spell checks on this forum alone when posting in any browser seem to work pretty decently !!! Whether it uses the basic browsers built in facility or there's extra software on the Forum who'se to say -- I certainly haven't added any extra dictionaries or whatever to the default firefox install (or konqueror - the Linux built in browser for the KDE desktop).

Cheers
jimbo

Kees · May 13, 2025

Stigg said:
What happened to Max? Didn't he allow enough headroom?

He certainly will have done or written something that John did not like.
What that is we'll probably never know, because if there was anything it will be removed!

gunrunnerjohn · May 13, 2025

jimbo45 said:
Spell checks are fine for office type stuff - word, power point etc or e-mail but I can't conceive of another use in a browser -- perhaps I've missed something here - so I'd be glad of a bit on enlightenment.

How about when you're posting in an on-line forum like this one? Sometimes my fingers don't do what my brain tells them to do, and having the obvious error underlined makes it stick out and easy to spot.

Scannerman · May 13, 2025

jimbo45 said:
The spell checks on this forum alone when posting in any browser seem to work pretty decently !!! Whether it uses the basic browsers built in facility or there's extra software on the Forum who'se to say -- I certainly haven't added any extra dictionaries or whatever to the default firefox install (or konqueror - the Linux built in browser for the KDE desktop).

Cheers
jimbo

Yes. I've noticed this too. I'm guessing some techie terms might have been added to the dictionary because many of these won't pass the general scrutiny of standard spell checkers. Whatever the case may be the spell checker on this forum is purty durn good.

Stigg · Jul 23, 2025

I've been using Google as my Firefox homepage for years, but the Firefox homepage has evolved and is now quite useful and customizable.

PerpetualCycle · Aug 3, 2025

MaxHeadroom said:
I used to use firedfox years ago but switched like many to chrome when it became popular, I then moved to Edge which i preferred and used for many years now due to some video playback issues and the fact Chrome will soon stop us blocking adverts I decided to give Firefox another try, I am finding Firefox a joy to use and wish i had switched back years ago however having watched many review videos before installing it it would seem the majority believe it'll soon be over for Firefox and we will all be stuck with no option but to use a chrome based browser, i hope this is not the case.

Do those that use it regularly believe the time may be up or is there is life in the old dog yet?

IDK anything about their financial situation ATM, but I hope not. I like a choice of browsers and Firefox is my go-to.

cheaterslick · Aug 3, 2025

I think there's a lot of chicken-little-the-sky-is-falling in this discussion. Until I actually see Firefox disappear, I'm going to continue to use it.

Also that link Post #3 also says...

"...the US Department of Justice is moving to force Google to cut off its competitors and divest from Chrome,"

Which means Google will no longer be able to back and support Chrome, either. - - Can one really imagine that's gonna happen? -lol

And who would pick up the reins even if it did?

I wouldn't worry about it. It would have to go through a lot of court action before it even gets to that level.

pseymour · Aug 3, 2025

cheaterslick said:
Which means Google will no longer be able to back and support Chrome as well. Can one really imagine that's gonna happen? -lol
And who would pick up the reins even if it did?

AOL?

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