Application-like spell checking... on the web?!?!?

posted by  kevyn (54)  12 months ago (www.little.org)

I don't think I can understate how cool this feature is:  spell check as you
type.

Ever since I first saw this feature in Word I've been wanting it in every application
I have (including DasBlog, you listening Omar? :)).  Well, now we finally have
it in Windows Live Mail beta.  The way it works is pretty slick too, the
client-side code on the browser actually starts handing words and groups of words
up to the server to be checked for errors.  When errors are detected the
misspellings are indicated on the client with familiar red squiggly lin