[David_G_Burnet]

When I came to Free Republic I had never used HTML

When I began FReeping, people used the convention of italics when quoting another FReeper's post. Whatever happened to that?

Wi also didnt hav spelchek.

[GoLightly]

When I began FReeping, people used the convention of italics when quoting another FReeper's post. Whatever happened to that?

I still do it. When I first began FReeping, if someone didn't close a tag in their HTML it would affect all of the posts in the thread following it.

[gondramB]

>> When I began FReeping, people used the convention of italics when quoting another FReeper’s post. Whatever happened to that?

Wi also didnt hav spelchek.<<

That would be nice if that could be the standard. The “double greater than” looks cluttered and for somebody learning HTML is sometimes confusing.

Spellcheck is great - since I switched to Firefox and get spell check everywhere, not just on Freep, more people think I’m literate.

[Duke Nukum]

I’m about 50/50 now on using italics ‘cause I forget I have to use html for the whole post if I just do the “i’s.”

Also, I’ve used ie-spell for years, works better then any other sort of spell check I’ve used.

[papasmurf]

Best FREE spell checker...www.iespell.com. Works on forums, blogs, etc. just right click and presto, spell checker.

Uses Windows standard dictionary, and you can use/build your own.

:O)

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