[OrangeFlea]

Originally Posted by Brad.loo

The old stock version used a third party site to check the spelling, now a days people are looking for solutions that won't require any other service, hence the problems that have appered in the 'self hosted' spell check hacks.

There are plenty of sites that offer remote spell checking, but most now charge for said service, this is why it was removed from vB.

I don't care how it's done -- remote or self-hosted -- just as long as it works. I've seen products from both sides of the spectrum, and they're all flawed to one degree or another, not terribly so but enough to warrant possible complaints from members in the future.

I checked spellchecker.net and their fees are simply outrageous. $150 a year and ONLY a 10k session limit? My board is pretty active, with people asking for this thing every week, and a measily 10k cap for a year just won't work. They're the best out there, though.

It's a shame that a very basic message board service like EZBoard is able to have this important feature and present it to their users, yet the best forum on the 'net is either incapable or unwilling to have this critical feature included for their loyal customers at this time.