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After the Deadline grammar, spell check addon for Firefox is a writer's best friend
After the Deadline has been mentioned before here on Download Squad. In September of 2009, Automattic (the company behind WordPress) acquired ATD and promptly integrated it into their wildly popular blogging platform.If you do any writing anywhere on the web and you're using Firefox, you'll be glad to know that the After the Deadline add-on has hit version 1.0 and should be shedding Mozilla's experimental tag very soon.
In case you're not familiar with it, ATD is a brilliant proofreading tool. It can handle everything from common typos to misused punctuation, redundancies, double negatives, and other grammatical gaffs.
Install the Firefox add-on and you can tap its proofreading powers virtually anywhere you can type. It's well worth adding to your writer's toolbox even if you are a master of the written word -- it never hurts to have backup, after all!
Curious what goes on behind the scenes? Check out this recent blogpost which describes in gloriously geeky detail how ATD comes up with spelling suggestions.
Want to see the ATD add-on in action? Take the jump, and check out the video from the WordPress crew!
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Subscribe to commentsRaphael MudgeJan 31st 2010 5:46PM
Thanks for mention of my gloriously geeky blog post on spelling suggestions. Of course it's only half the story. The way I sort them to get the right one on top is even geekier using neural networks--a very geeky AI technique. :)
-- R
Gardiner WestboundJan 31st 2010 12:38PM
The video isn't linked.
Downloaded and installed "After the Deadline". It's terrific! If you do any blogging at all it's a must have.
tunamanJan 31st 2010 2:48PM
"double negatives, and other grammatical gaffs."
Ironically enough, it's "gaffes".
JubeiJan 31st 2010 3:48PM
Installed. Worked on Twitter and a few forums as well as here (as I input this). But can't get it to work on Gmail or Facebook.
Raphael MudgeFeb 1st 2010 9:42AM
Try the plain text version of GMail. The rich text editor won't work because it's a contentEditable iframe and not a text area.
JubeiFeb 1st 2010 9:53AM
Yes ... you are right. Thanks for the advice.
VitaminCMJan 31st 2010 4:13PM
This thing works great. Plus, I met the developer at WordCampNYC and he's a really cool guy.
richard.gaileyFeb 1st 2010 8:02AM
Looking forward to trying this out. The dictionary add-ons for Firefox are terrible. They hardly know any basic words let alone advise on grammatical errors.