Spell check tip

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just a FYI...there are those who say toolbar=spyware

by jonah jones Apr 28, 2005 8:21PM PDT

Google's toolbar is spyware:
With the advanced features enabled, Google's free toolbar for Explorer phones home with every page you surf, and yes, it reads your cookie too. Their privacy policy confesses this, but that's only because Alexa lost a class-action lawsuit when their toolbar did the same thing, and their privacy policy failed to explain this. Worse yet, Google's toolbar updates to new versions quietly, and without asking. This means that if you have the toolbar installed, Google essentially has complete access to your hard disk every time you connect to Google (which is many times a day). Most software vendors, and even Microsoft, ask if you'd like an updated version. But not Google. Any software that updates automatically presents a massive security risk.

http://www.google-watch.org/bigbro.html

http://www.google.com/search?q=google+toolbar+spyware&hl=en&lr=lang_en&start=10&sa=N

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(NT) with google you get the option to not report

by Mark5019 Apr 28, 2005 9:32PM PDT

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I kept the original

by TONI H Apr 28, 2005 9:59PM PDT

version without the advanced 'features' enabled. I don't have the spellchecker mentioned, but even MS's spyware program doesn't see anything wrong with google's toolbar for me, where a couple of people I talked to who got the newer versions of google have had Alexia spotted by MS's spyware program.

If anybody wants the original version, let me know.....

TONI

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There are some definite

by Jerry562 Apr 28, 2005 10:37PM PDT

advantages to the new V3.0(beta) and you can turn off reporting, it comes with a HUGE read this. The info they collect is site hit counts and you can (or opt not to) post or voting of sites. It has a good text converter for second language people and a good autofill, popup blocker and so on.

If you don't like it, uninstall it.

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I posted a link to a cpellcheck

by Jerry562 Apr 28, 2005 10:41PM PDT

that works with MS custom.*** some time ago. Some of our most frequent posters are not using spell checkers or grammar checkers and they need to start right now

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I pay no attention to

by TONI H Apr 28, 2005 11:16PM PDT

spelling and gammar in the forums.....I read for content only. I have a totally illiterate sister who can't spell or write or speak beyond a third-grade level, and can barely pronounce long words let alone comprehend what they mean (she calls me when she needs that help)......her talents lie in being able to read a schematic and tear down equipment and rebuild it and fabricate when necessary, and she has put grown men who could spell extremely well to shame.

I sometimes think that intolerance is more of an ego booster to make the intolerant feel superior.

TONI

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and...

by Dick White Apr 28, 2005 11:39PM PDT

if memory serves, Toni, she showed us all here in SE what a truly caring sister is when she logged in here to let us know how you were doing during one of your health "spells" a while back... You don't have to be able to spell heart to have one...

dw

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Google Security Alert

by TONI H Apr 28, 2005 11:22PM PDT

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1790348,00.asp

Updated: Security researchers warn that a one-letter typo in Google's domain name could lead to a massive virus- and spyware-infection attack.

A simple misspelling of Google's domain name could lead to a Web surfer's worst nightmare.

In a new twist to the old practice of "typosquatting," virus writers have registered a slight variation of Google Inc.'s popular search-engine site to take advantage of any users who botch the spelling of the google.com URL.

TONI

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Speaking of Spell checkers

by Evie Apr 28, 2005 11:40PM PDT

I downloaded spellbound for Firefox but don't seem to see it in my browser!

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Did you install it per...

by Edward ODaniel Apr 29, 2005 3:13AM PDT

the complete instructions?

Check here to see if you missed anything:
http://spellbound.sourceforge.net/

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Yep ...

by Evie Apr 29, 2005 3:16AM PDT

... I'm also having a problem in that I imported my stuff from Mozilla. About half the PW's saved in PW manager transferred. It won't let me save new ones w/o a software password -- I NEVER set up to begin with Firefox seems faster than Mozilla which is the only reason to keep it. I think I'll go back to Mozilla for the time being.

Evie

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(NT) (NT) Doesn't work with Netscape :-(

by Dave Konkel [Moderator] Apr 29, 2005 3:27AM PDT

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No excuse as you have been linked to...

by Edward ODaniel Apr 29, 2005 5:33AM PDT

spell checkers in the past that do work with Netscape.

I'll try one more time:
http://8help.osu.edu/2143.html
or ftp://ftp.netscape.com/pub/netscape6/english/6.2.3/windows/win32/xpi

or APSC
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,7346,tk,hsx,00.asp

Cyberspell by INSO used to be another that plugged in to Netscape but it wasn't freeware.

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At least he's not using ...

by Evie Apr 29, 2005 5:37AM PDT

... the excuse about his typing too fast

Evie

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