The Irony Of Microsoft’s Thinking

Jared Spool

By Jared Spool

September 7th, 2005

Simple question:

If Microsoft Word can tell some text (like “http://www.microsoft.com/randomlink”) is a URL (and thereby automagically make it into a link), why can’t it avoid trying to spell check it?

Inquiring minds really wanna know…

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One Response to “The Irony Of Microsoft’s Thinking”

  1. Jay Zipursky Says:
    September 7th, 2005 at 4:04 pm

    Probably because the Spell Checker Team and the URL Creator Team aren’t the same and don’t talk much. That, and/or there’s no overarching UI designer(s) to enforce inconsistencies such as this.

    Happens at my company all the time.

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