Suggestions for Updates to Apple Communities.

These forums seem an aberration to Apples hardware/software products.

Apple makes great products that try to make computing easier. Their not focus group driven. Things will work different with apple products.

To get the built-in spell checker, you can also click on html which lets you see the html source & you get the built in spell checker.

I wouldn't hold your breath waiting for a fix to the spell checker. It's been a year & still we do not have the system spell checker. I find it very disappointing that the fix appear so easy and nothing has been done.

It's probably a political problem. Jive spent a lot of effort to implement their spell checker & now we want to get rid of it.

You might want to let a comment here:

http://www.apple.com/feedback

Say you are thinking about buying an apple produce, but the forums were such a mess they you may stay with windows.

Robert

I left Apple some strong feedback. I will no doubt repeat some of it on the phone when I call in for technical support. It sounds like in this respect Apple can get into as much trouble as Microsoft.

BTW, are there moderators around these forums who can delete topics by request from the original posters if ill conceived and never answered?

Thank you. I don't hold my breath for Microsoft...it is too bad you are teaching me not to hold my breath for Apple. I take it that Apple does not read these forums at all--that they are serviced only by knowledgeable Apple users?

Ha! That is so funny. I just turned on the HTML option and discovered to my glee that the on-the-fly spell checker not only works but you right click on a word to make your choices--just like the good 'ol PC. LOL!

BTW, are there moderators around these forums who can delete topics by request from the original posters if ill conceived and never answered?

Yes. Although, I don't think these scenarios would cause them to delete a post. Got to break the forum rules.

Once you have so many points, 200??, you get the report post link appearing on a post.

Until then, you can create a discussion in this forum and make a request. Someone with more point will soon forward on the request to apple.

I take it that Apple does not read these forums at all--that they are serviced only by knowledgeable Apple users?

While not formally acknowledged by apple, they are supposedly reading this forum ( Apple Support Communities > Using Apple Support Communities > Discussions ). There is another forum for those who have reached level 6 & those folks report apple follows this forum.

These forums are a great resource for users of Apple Products. It's almost worth it to buy apple to get a use out of these forums. The iPad forums are a little wilder.

Robert

romad wrote:

rccharles wrote:

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I wouldn't hold your breath waiting for a fix to the spell checker. It's been a year & still we do not have the system spell checker. I find it very disappointing that the fix appear so easy and nothing has been done.

It's probably a political problem. Jive spent a lot of effort to implement their spell checker & now we want to get rid of it.

You might want to let a comment here:

http://www.apple.com/feedback

Say you are thinking about buying an apple produce, but the forums were such a mess they you may stay with windows.

Robert

The fact that Apple stuck with Jive makes me suspect that Jive is paying someone off. Apple can make a VASTLY SUPERIOR product to anything Jive has ever done; it REALLY is time for Apple to use a pittance of their BILLIONS of $$$ slush fund to buy Jive Software, rewrite the software so that it works, and put this and all previous Jive Software abortions out of their misery.

I was looking forward to the new software last year and was so disappointed that all it was was the old software tarted up, and with input from Mark Zuckerberg added. I very, very, rarely visit AD any more.

Yet here you are... Is ASC the only place where Jive will rear its ugly head? I do hope something like Notepad or Pages doesn't use Jive? From what I gather both just like Safari and Mail should or could use the built in OS X Lion global spellchecker?

Ratsneve wrote:

Is ASC the only place where Jive will rear its ugly head? I do hope something like Notepad or Pages doesn't use Jive? From what I gather both just like Safari and Mail should or could use the built in OS X Lion global spellchecker?

Jive makes "collaboration & social business software." It runs on the server farms that power high traffic sites like this one. It isn't personal computer software.