January 26th 2018

Improvements to spell checking

We've made a number of small but useful improvements to the spelling test.

Smarter suggestions

Previously, spelling suggestions were not aware of newer words like "Facebook" or "iPhone" – they could only suggest words core to the language, like you might find in a dictionary. Silktide can now make suggestions for these new words:

Suggestions visible in Inspector

When viewing spelling errors on a page, the first suggested correct spelling is now shown in the sidebar:

Alternative text highlighted

It can be confusing when a misspelling occurs in alternative text, as the error is invisible until you look at the code. We added a message to explain when this is happening. As always, you can see what we’re working on next on our public roadmap.

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