14 DAY TRIAL // Out of the wide range of third party add-on solutions presented by Microsoft on a dedicated Web space, Mark Harris, Program Manager driving extensibility in IE7, has addressed the IESpell application. This is the Redmond Company's alternative solution to integrated spell checking utilities from rival browser engines. But with its integration into Internet Explorer, the spell-checker from the web will deliver additional functions. "It's a free download for non-commercial use, and spell-checks any text typed into a form. IESpell will also look up word definitions and works with several language dictionaries. Right-click on any word in a page, and IESpell will get you the definition," described Harris.
The free browser extension has reached its 2.4.0 (build 428) version, released just last week. Spell-checking text input boxes on web pages, the toll aims to deliver a superior solution to similar server-side alternatives, addressing users who engage on a constant basis in web-based text entries, be them web mails, forums or blogs. The application runs via a pop-up dialog box and is installed as an IE toolbar button, centralizing a personal word list across various platforms.
With this new release, the browser extension also provides additional features compared to its predecessors: "Look up meaning feature via right click menu for ANY word/phrase on the page; added more info about ieSpell in the "Add or Remove Programs" applet; clean up resource IDs (removing duplicates) paving way for the resource DLLs; bug that cause the caption of the Options dialog not to display properly and registration info displays in localized text after changing language."
ieSpell 2.4.0.428 was tested by Softpedia as being 100% Clean and is available for download here.