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Spell-checking for more Firefox users — a community effort - Carnet de notes
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Spell-checking for more Firefox users — a community effort - Carnet de notes

A while back, I stumbled onto something that turned into a rewarding side-project at Mozilla. Firefox ships with a built-in spellchecker, but it only activates if a dictionary for

Gokul Das Jun 8

Does anybody else feel like the natural #evolution of #language has been disrupted by the overuse of #LLMs, #spell_checkers and #grammar_checkers?

Perhaps we should let people make some #spelling and #grammatical errors, so that conversations have a bit more #personality, rather than sounding robotic, sterile and monotone.

If that sounds like a recipe for chaotic #writing, remember that we still have the traditional method of providing a back pressure - #education.

#grammar #linguistics