[tamarian]

Originally Posted by pjdaley

which one do you prefer? or recommend?

I'm not sure, so I'll think aloud for a bit

I initially preferred the look and feel of PungoSpell, but then I went for PHPSpell for the "learn" feature.

My forum currently uses PHPSpell, and they never saw PungoSpell. I might switch to PungoSpell for a few days, and then ask my members which one they prefer.

But they are both great spell checkers. Several of our members said they prefer PHPSpell over the IE pligin spell checker.

You can make it available to a small group of members, like moderators, and then have them test each one for a week or so, and then see what they think.

I was thinking of making both available, and set up a profile option for the members to choose their preferred spell checker, and even a third option for external spell checkers, like spellcheck.net but this seems like an overkill, and one interface may be best.

Another idea is to track the "installs" on both hacks, and see which one is preferred by other webmasters.

But, if PungoSpell has a "learn" feature, then Pungo would be my favourite. I'll see if I can hack that feature into it.

Another issue is performance. PHPSpell uses MySQL queries, while PungoSpell uses PHP built-in spell checker. I have not tested the performance yet, but I think Pungo would perform better, especially on big forums. But that's just a guess.

Another excellent Spell checker is the plugin for HTMLArea. But that one would require a total revamp of vB's WYSIWYG.

Another issue is browser support. PungoSpell relies on iframe DOM objects, which require new(er) browsers than PHPSpell, so PHPSpell supports older browsers better, and can accomodate more members. But, IMHO, people should not stick to very old browsers, and they'll have to upgrade eventually.