MechanicalMan said:billrubin said:Use Iespell (with apologies for the non-Windows folks out there).
For those who require a cross-platform browser (or who simply prefer a browser that isn't a total POS), there is this.That's what I used to use with FireFox, but now it just won't work.

I see the check spelling option in the context menue, but it's not selectable.

It is nice that we get a moderator alert when they delete one of our postings. The alerts even sometimes have a general description of why they deleted the posting.

The only problem is the alerts do not refer to what we actually said, so we can learn from our mistakes. Perhaps they dont want us to repeat the post. The alerts do not even tell us the topic that it was removed from.

Suggestion: If a post gets deleted, the poster should be informed what topic it was deleted from, or the alert is almost pointless.

[Alert Moderators]

Suggestion: the figure Replies reflects actual posts in the thread. not posts + posts that gor deleted.
ex: this thread

there are 628 replies according to the main page but actually there are 601 replies.

Contribution to the FW community deleted.

RightHere said: "...suggested creating voting options that also include a reason. +1 great deal, -1 misleading title, -1 bad info in post, etc. I think that is a much better solution than requiring people to post in the thread."

I agree. There needs to be more responsibility in a vote rather than just someone saying "it sucks". That could mean anything. It could mean nothing. Like I said, some older members can be bigger idiots than a newbie. Sometimes they just don't like the product. Sometimes they don't like the store. Neither of those opinions makes it a bad deal, though, which is what the rating is SUPPOSED to be for. I hope that I haven't missed any really good deals just because someone decided to vote negative for no reason and I skipped over it. The problem is when someone who is heavily 'weighted' votes a negative while several other people who carry less weight voted positive...resulting in a negative rating to what would normally be a good deal for lots of people.

xpfshost

1. Has FW done any analysis on the voting tendencies of "2" level members? Aside from my opinion that the methodology used to use voting power, it seems to me that "2" level members have a greater tendency to:
- Vote a thread negative
- Not explain why they voted it negative.
Is that just my perception or is there truth to that?

2. Which leads me to my 2nd question. The FAQ encourages members to identify members who they feel are negging threads excessively or so as to hide deals. Other than identifying a single episode as it happens, what tools are available to the average member for use in looking a another member's past voting history?

3. Every so often a thread in FW finance gets negged by a member who never (or rarely) posts in Finance. Probably just my misperception, but it often seems those mystery members also have a "2" level voting power. To the extent that differing voting levels is even a good thing, it does not seem effective to give a member higher voting status in all forums because of their activity in a single forum. Assuming, of course, that that kind of activity is even an ingredient in the voting power "secret sauce."

xpfshost said:The problem is when someone who is heavily 'weighted' votes a negative while several other people who carry less weight voted positive...resulting in a negative rating to what would normally be a good deal for lots of people.

Whatever the 'secret sauce' is for assigning "2" level voting, it does seem to have been granted to more than its share of flaming you-know-whats.

And the process for requesting a review of another member's voting tendencies is unclear.

more thread on first page.because sometimes good deals comes ang goes without noticing.

Why dont you put a link to the forum that you are currently in. Lets say you are in OT and are 5 pages into this ausome thread that suddently becomes unausome... what are you going to do click black a billion times...click another forum and use the drop down menu again...I dont think so...Click the link to that forum yeah thats it...buts it not there...add it NOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW.

-thanks

There should be a way to cancel your "Dead" vote, just as there is to cancel a postive or negative rating. a lot of deals seem to be dead and people start flagging it, then realize it's not dead and there's no way of undoing your vote.