----- On 9/23/02 7:13 AM MDT (-0600), David Groover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote, in part:
>This is one of those solutions that I have not yet been able to embrace. >One of my first apps was called Fair Witness. It was great for setting up >workshops, lesson plans, and brainstorming. And it had a place to attach >a spell checker of your choice, much as you are suggesting here. But I >found that it (SpellsWell) would sometimes unattach it's self from FW so >was an occasional hassle to use. I also picked up SpellTools long ago. >That works more globally instead of just with programs that left a way to >plug them in. > >But, the reason I am still shy about adopting a platform wide Spell >checker like Cassidy & Green's Spell Catcher, comes from my past >experience with inherent instability with an individual program's >extensions, or ways of doing things, with the global spell checkers that >I Have tried. > Have you tried Spell Catcher? >The idea sounds good, having just one dictionary. But I have crashed so >many times with one spell checker or another. I certainly haven't tried >them all. But in general I would prefer that each program just put in a >good spell checker of their own. When a spell checker crashes, it is >often just before I saved the document that I was writing. I Have lost >more than a few things I was writing that I would have rather kept safe. >So I learned to back up before spell checking when using third party >spell checkers and, to avoid the inherent instability of third party >spell checkers in the first place. > I've been using Spell Catcher (from way back when it was "Thunder") and I've never had it bring down my system. >Perhaps a company with a good product and reputation like SpellCatcher by >Cassidy & Green, might be something I would look at at some point. But >after sending in the share ware fee for SpellsWell and finding the >crashes in SpellTools unfixable because the author has never responded to >any emails, I have been left with a bad taste in my mouth for that genre >of software. A silly transference perhaps Uh, yes . . . I find the support for Spell Catcher to be the best I've seen anywhere. You get fast, personal responses from the author of the program. > but I have not felt convinced >that the product would be able to keep up with all the changes in >individual programs designs over the years. When I upgrade with a >specific platform and I am already using that program's spell checker, at >least I know that as long as I continue with that software the spell >checker will continue to work. I am not yet confident that is going to be >true with third party spell checkers. > How can you become confident if you've never tried the best? Best Regards, Harry Corsover ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Harry D. Corsover, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist Linda G. Azzi, R.N., B.S. Corsover & Azzi, Consultants in Personal Growth and Effectiveness 28427 Clover Ln, Evergreen, CO 80439 Phone:(303) 674-8448 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fax: (303) 674-9894 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
