John GruberMay 5, 2023
16 years in and iOS still doesn't have this feature that MacOS (née Mac OS X) has had since it launched 22 years ago: “Learn Spelling”.
Show threadKen KociendaMay 5, 2023
@gruber I must admit that I had my chance long ago. I had a hand in on adding spellcheck, the red squiggle, and the menu system to iOS, and of course, the text system too. Other things took priority and then I moved onto other projects. Sorry!
Show threadJohn GruberMay 5, 2023
@kocienda Ugh. This one really hurts, Ken.
Show threadCraig Hockenberry
@gruber @kocienda The really depressing thing is that Learn Spelling would probably break all the machine learning bullshit (or at least be hard to work side-by-side), so it’s unlikely to happen now.
May 5, 2023 at 3:12amIvory for iOS
Show threadPaul McGraneMay 5, 2023
@chockenberry @gruber @kocienda surely on MacOS the "learned" words are stored in some little file somewhere. I wonder which. I think it has indeed persisted across the decades.
Show threadyertleMay 5, 2023
@chockenberry @gruber @kocienda a win-win!