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List:       kmail-devel
Subject:    [Bug 50491] New: Feature Request - Underlining Spell Checker
From:       Lawrence Wade <kmail () glowingplate ! com>
Date:       2002-11-09 22:51:54
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           Summary: Feature Request - Underlining Spell Checker
           Product: kmail
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: RedHat RPMs
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: kmail@kde.org
        ReportedBy: kmail@glowingplate.com


Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.0)
Installed from:    RedHat RPMs

I'm trying to deploy KDE/Linux on a LAN with over 600 users. Wanted to use KMail \
because it's clean, elegant and versatile.

   Unfortunately, I can't. After showing it to several users, I've determined that a \
passive (underlining) spellchecker is essential for mere credibility among M$ Outlook \
users. And, unfortunately, I've got to agree with them.

   Virtually all Windows-based software since 1995 has had underlining spellcheckers, \
where you can check your document's spelling at a glance, and right-click for the \
context menu's handy little list of suggested spellings. It is a system which \
provides a leaps-and-bounds better user experience than having to go through the \
trauma of an interactive spellchecker. 

   Thus far, Ximian's Evolution is the only *Nix e-mail client I've found which \
includes this feature. However, after testing it, I've decided that Ximian's \
Continental Drift is a more appropriate name: it is ridiculous that any e-mail client \
should be slow (let alone unusably slow) on a Pentium III. Part of the goal is to \
save money and put a reliable operating system on existing Pentium II/III machines. 

   I'm sure that KOffice, Kate, KEdit, KWrite, KNode, etc. would all equally benefit \
from being able to call on a shared library which would include this overdue feature. \
  
   Thank you for KDE, which is on the cusp of greatness.

   Lawrence Wade, BOFH
   www.glowingplate.com
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