Mozilla Foundation released a new test version of its Firefox browser which includes a spell checker for blog posts and online forms. The built-in checker highlights misspelled words with a dotted red line. (What I REALLY need is a spell checker for AOL IM.) Versions of Firefox 2.0 Alpha are available for Windows, Mac and Linux.
OneStat.com reported Mozilla Firefox is now being used by almost 16% of Web surfers in the U.S., while Microsoft's Explorer is the choice of 80%. Globally, Firefox browsers have a 12.93% share while Internet Explorer's slipped 2.12% to 83.05%. "It seems that the share of Mozilla Firefox starts to grow rapidly again after a period of no growth" said Niels Brinkman, co-founder of OneStat.com.
For spell checking with AOL IM, use GAIM (http://gaim.sourceforge.net), a multi-protocol IM client. Then install the Aspell plug-in. I've been using GAIM for years. It's great and works with lots of IM systems.
Posted by: KJH | Jul 11, 2006 at 18:34