183423 - Spell Check that works in Netscape still does NOT function in 1.2.1...dangit!

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 56301

(MailNews Core :: Composition, defect)

Description

[Dusty Deryck]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20021130
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20021130

The Netscape spellchecker worked in Mozilla 1.0 and early 1.1.  After that
importing the spellchecker from Netscape would not work and 1.2.1 has not
addressed the problem.  It would be nice for those of us prone to typing errors
if there were a functional spelling checker of any kind.  Oh please!!!

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Import the spell check from Netscape.
2.Compose an e-mail message and click the icon, which does appear
3.Nothing works.

Actual Results:  
Nothing

Expected Results:  
It should have checked the composed message for spelling goofs.  Typos?  And,
suggested a correct spelling or other action.

This is a continuing, chronic shortcoming Mozilla needs to fix. It once had an
assigned number and I eceive lots of reports about it, but I cannot remember nor
find the number.  But, seems nobody is interested in fixing it.  I would had I
the time; I don't.

Comment 1

[Nicu Buculei]

Duplicate of bug 56301 ?

Comment 2

[Torben]

The NS spellchecker is must be updated before it will work with mozilla again. A
working spellchecker can be found at <URL:http://www.mozcafe.org/ >.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 56301 ***

Comment 3

[esther]

verified