Suggestion: Message when Saving a New Hub, Have You Spell Checked?

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   PegCole17posted 11 years ago

   I was on a different site yesterday and this question popped up when I saved a revised article.
   Have You Spell Checked this?
   
   Although it was a bit annoying, overall it reminded me to check my work before I published or saved.
   
   Just an idea that might help improve the quality of hubs. Perhaps it's been considered before.
   
   Peg

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      wildernessposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Weighing in with an opinion for myself - no thank you.  I use the spell checker in FF and have no need to be reminded to take care of the squiggly red lines that show up whether I want them to or not.
      
      At the same time, there is an awful lot of misspelled words in hubs.  It might help.

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         PegCole17posted 11 years agoin reply to this

         Maybe the feature could be turned off after an author passes certain milestones, like ten hubs or so.
         
         Maybe not.

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   Simone Smithposted 11 years ago

   Thanks for the suggestion, Peg!
   
   We are actually in the midst of beta testing a feature in the HubTool that provides contextual suggestions based on what one has already added to their Hub. At this point, there is no note about spell checking, but we're definitely moving forward with providing more tips, and we might add in notes about spelling/grammar checks as we refine the tool further.

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      PegCole17posted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Hi Simone.
      Thanks for your response. I sure don't like the pop up annoying stuff, but if we want quality hubs it might serve as a reminder. Doesn't mean people will use it though.
      

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   WillStarrposted 11 years ago

   I use Chrome, and it has a built in spell-checker. I like that.

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      SimeyCposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      I dun;t see why we do nead sum speel cqeckers or them grandma chequers.
      
      Sorrie just saw my typo - should be 'dem gradma'...

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         PegCole17posted 11 years agoin reply to this

         Simey
         Dunt choo thunk dis will werk?
         I'm ain't two suure.

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            SimeyCposted 11 years agoin reply to this

            
            
            The problem though may be the misuse of synonyms.
            
            They're going to eat their apples there.
            There going to eat they're apples their.
            Their going to eat there apples they're.
            
            No spell checker would correct this - not many grammar checkers will pick up all the errors in the last two sentences....

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               PegCole17posted 11 years agoin reply to this

               Now you're talking, Simey. Der grammar is always pesky.
               I wondered about that too, two, to, 2.

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                  Rosemay50posted 11 years agoin reply to this

                  Grammar is pesky for most but when English is not your first language it must be a nightmare.

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                     PegCole17posted 11 years agoin reply to this

                     Rosemay, I can not even imagine how poor my grammar would be in a foreign language. N'est pas?
                     

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      PegCole17posted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Me too, Will. But it isn't hard to see writers who either don't have a spell checker or don't use it. For the novice writer who hasn't passed their first few hubs it might add some value to the site.

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