I will say I think that it greatly increases my spelling and I'm tons more likely to go back and correct a word I misspell if there is a red line under it then any other time. I wish AIM had this!
This is (relatively) very easy to do, if only more developers took advantages of the frameworks Apple has provided. But then again, iChat and Adium are both better alternatives to AIM, and both have spell checking.
I thought so too, until I got iCAR, so now it actually sends my away message. I still prefer Adium, have you used Adium 2? It has spell checking, and a whole mess of other cool stuff. And AIM is clunky, ugly, and slow as hell. Plus the sounds in AIM aren't 'pretty'
the old adium had serious problems...not being able to check away messages, among others. i'm really pumped to see this new one, though I'll probably stick with ichat. i need iChat for its AV capabilities. plus, it looks so pretty
I thought so too, until I got iCAR, so now it actually sends my away message. I still prefer Adium, have you used Adium 2? It has spell checking, and a whole mess of other cool stuff. And AIM is clunky, ugly, and slow as hell. Plus the sounds in AIM aren't 'pretty'
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I don't understand what is clunky about AIM, I like having separate windows for each IM, and I like the way it looks minus the advertisements. There was in 9, isn't there a way to remove it in OS X? Also I despise sounds anyways, the only sound I have on is first message received so that I can tell if someone has messaged me while I'm playing a full screen game.
I wanted to have the computer say the name of the sender but I haven't been able to figure out how to do that with AIM.
I also have used spell check on this post way more time then you could imagine!
Weird right-click behaviors in the buddy list. Maybe this has been fixed in the most recent version, but I haven't bothered to check.
No spellcheck.
No message text antialiasing.
The blinking "CLICK ME CLICK ME CLICK ME LOOK OVER HERE" icon with new messages.
Ugly smilies, particularly the normal-large size ones. I use a small font just so other people don't have to see them. Even my friends on Windows that use AIM agree with me on this.
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No contact name aliasing.
Confusing preferences. Does there really need to be two huge sets of options?
And did I mention the ugly ugly text that's aliased in the messages where spellcheck doesn't work? After three-and-a-half years of OSX, AOL still can't figure this one out!!
I use *anything* but AIM unless I'm left with no choice. AIM for Mac OS X has one of the worst interfaces for an app of such popularity. It baffles me that AOL can't hire a decent UI designer for a week or even steal some ideas from other OSX apps to make a better-looking product. Being free and from AOL, though, reminds me that sometimes you get what you pay for.
I don't understand what is clunky about AIM, I like having separate windows for each IM, and I like the way it looks minus the advertisements
....snip...
I have noticed in AIM that messages take a few extra seconds to refresh, stuff like that. iChat doesn't have tabbed message windows, and in Adium you can turn it off. I don't know, I mean, it's all a matter of preference, but I think AIM for OS X seems more Windows in nature, from a software point of view, and iChat and Adium seem more in sync with the Mac way of operating.
if you're running Panther (and Safari... not sure if all other browsers support it)
type obnoxio and CTRL-click (or right click) on it.
obnoxious is the spell checker's "guess".
seems to work better for some (longer) words than others,
and works better in Appleworks (perhaps accessing better dictionary)
yeah thats spellcheck... but you said something about autocomplete.. I assumed that meant if I typed "monst" I would be able to choose monster or monstrosity... instead I get moist...
yeah thats spellcheck... but you said something about autocomplete.. I assumed that meant if I typed "monst" I would be able to choose monster or monstrosity... instead I get moist...
yeah thats spellcheck... but you said something about autocomplete.. I assumed that meant if I typed "monst" I would be able to choose monster or monstrosity... instead I get moist...
Auto-complete is option-escape. As you're typing a word, press option-escape and a scrollable list will appear.
My woolly head with this damn cold meant I mis-explained that... confusing the occasional success of the spell checker with the far superior response of the auto-complete via option-escape.
holy shit this is going to kick ass for writing papers!
KILLER "feature" for TEXT EDIT!!!!
(what's interesting is the apostrophe use... in the regular spellcheck it doesn't check for them... IE "dont" gets suggestions everywhere from dot to donut instead of the more obvious "don't" ("option-esc"ed from don) )
now I just have to wait for OW5 and I'll be happy (remember last year at this time safari was just released and spellcheck was OFF by default? SOOOO annoying!)
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feel a spelling brain cramp coming?
avoid it by throwing down a few letters and option-escape then clicking the correct choice.
[EDIT: corrected]
~tommy
hmmm...
not really working over here...
how do you reproduce auto-complete?
Originally posted by iBrowse
But then again, iChat and Adium are both better alternatives to AIM, and both have spell checking.
iChat is a joke. I prefer AIM over anything I've tried.
I thought so too, until I got iCAR, so now it actually sends my away message. I still prefer Adium, have you used Adium 2? It has spell checking, and a whole mess of other cool stuff. And AIM is clunky, ugly, and slow as hell. Plus the sounds in AIM aren't 'pretty'
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going to be a BIG update soon...
http://adium.sourceforge.net/
Originally posted by Paul
testing
hmmm...
not really working over here...
how do you reproduce auto-complete?
if you're running Panther (and Safari... not sure if all other browsers support it)
type obnoxio and CTRL-click (or right click) on it.
obnoxious is the spell checker's "guess".
more correctly, option-escape and pick your choice
seems to work better for some (longer) words than others,
and works better in Appleworks (perhaps accessing better dictionary)
[ EDIT: corrected ]
Originally posted by iBrowse
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I thought so too, until I got iCAR, so now it actually sends my away message. I still prefer Adium, have you used Adium 2? It has spell checking, and a whole mess of other cool stuff. And AIM is clunky, ugly, and slow as hell. Plus the sounds in AIM aren't 'pretty'
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I don't understand what is clunky about AIM, I like having separate windows for each IM, and I like the way it looks minus the advertisements. There was in 9, isn't there a way to remove it in OS X? Also I despise sounds anyways, the only sound I have on is first message received so that I can tell if someone has messaged me while I'm playing a full screen game.
I wanted to have the computer say the name of the sender but I haven't been able to figure out how to do that with AIM.
I also have used spell check on this post way more time then you could imagine!
Originally posted by ast3r3x
I don't understand what is clunky about AIM
Among the list of reasons I despise AIM:
No spellcheck.
No message text antialiasing.
Message windows too big; wasted whitespace.
Ugly OS9-esque buttons and widgets.
Non-descriptive buttons and widgets.
Weird right-click behaviors in the buddy list. Maybe this has been fixed in the most recent version, but I haven't bothered to check.
No spellcheck.
No message text antialiasing.
The blinking "CLICK ME CLICK ME CLICK ME LOOK OVER HERE" icon with new messages.
Ugly smilies, particularly the normal-large size ones. I use a small font just so other people don't have to see them. Even my friends on Windows that use AIM agree with me on this.
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Advertisements.
Advertisements.
No contact name aliasing.
Confusing preferences. Does there really need to be two huge sets of options?
And did I mention the ugly ugly text that's aliased in the messages where spellcheck doesn't work?
I use *anything* but AIM unless I'm left with no choice. AIM for Mac OS X has one of the worst interfaces for an app of such popularity. It baffles me that AOL can't hire a decent UI designer for a week or even steal some ideas from other OSX apps to make a better-looking product. Being free and from AOL, though, reminds me that sometimes you get what you pay for.
Originally posted by ast3r3x
I don't understand what is clunky about AIM, I like having separate windows for each IM, and I like the way it looks minus the advertisements
....snip...
I have noticed in AIM that messages take a few extra seconds to refresh, stuff like that. iChat doesn't have tabbed message windows, and in Adium you can turn it off. I don't know, I mean, it's all a matter of preference, but I think AIM for OS X seems more Windows in nature, from a software point of view, and iChat and Adium seem more in sync with the Mac way of operating.
Originally posted by curiousuburb
if you're running Panther (and Safari... not sure if all other browsers support it)
type obnoxio and CTRL-click (or right click) on it.
obnoxious is the spell checker's "guess".
seems to work better for some (longer) words than others,
and works better in Appleworks (perhaps accessing better dictionary)
yeah thats spellcheck... but you said something about autocomplete.. I assumed that meant if I typed "monst" I would be able to choose monster or monstrosity... instead I get moist...
Originally posted by Paul
yeah thats spellcheck... but you said something about autocomplete.. I assumed that meant if I typed "monst" I would be able to choose monster or monstrosity... instead I get moist...
You do? I didn't think it was THAT exciting.
Originally posted by murbot
You do? I didn't think it was THAT exciting.
Originally posted by Paul
yeah thats spellcheck... but you said something about autocomplete.. I assumed that meant if I typed "monst" I would be able to choose monster or monstrosity... instead I get moist...
Auto-complete is option-escape. As you're typing a word, press option-escape and a scrollable list will appear.
My woolly head with this damn cold meant I mis-explained that... confusing the occasional success of the spell checker with the far superior response of the auto-complete via option-escape.
Works brilliantly.
holy shit this is going to kick ass for writing papers!
KILLER "feature" for TEXT EDIT!!!!
(what's interesting is the apostrophe use... in the regular spellcheck it doesn't check for them... IE "dont" gets suggestions everywhere from dot to donut instead of the more obvious "don't" ("option-esc"ed from don)
now I just have to wait for OW5 and I'll be happy