The latest update to Chrome offers a boon to grammarians everywhere: an improved homonym- and spell-checking function, right in your browser.

 

 

 

Updated spell-checking in Chrome recognizes proper nouns.

(Credit: Google)

 

When Chrome's engineers sat down to plan out feature updates, who would've thought that "spell-checker" would've been anywhere on that list?

Google Chrome 26 stable for Windows (download) and Linux (download) updates the browser's ability to automatically check for spelling and homonym mistakes with new dictionaries.

The spell-checking engine is developed enough to recognize popular proper nouns, such as band names, and it is now available in three additional languages: Korean, Tamil, and Albanian. Chrome fans on Windows now also get the ability to put profile-specific shortcuts on the desktop, for quicker access to customized versions of Chrome on shared computers.Chrome 26 for Mac (download) has received the other Chrome 26 updates, but the spell-checking feature will be made available later, Google said in a blog post. The company did not specify a timeline for the feature, and unfortunately, it will not correct inaccurate spelling already published elsewhere on the Web.

Bug- and security-fixes in Chrome 26 contained 11 repairs, but none were marked as critical. The full Chrome changelog is here.

 

Thanks to CNET.

 

 

Wow. That's pretty cool.

Now watch me end up breaking it somehow

Awesome! Now I need to repair my laptop >_>

cool when i dont know how to spell something i open google in a tab and throw it in there hoping google can help me. With this i dont have to open a new tab now

Just tried it out. It's quite good.

Thats a good invention.

 

The irony.

That remembers me that I should change the language in Firefox. It is pretty annoying that it always tries to "correct" my English words into something German, lol.

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Tat Bremers je Tat I Schuld gehangen ehe tagelange in Firefox. IT iss Operette anging Tat  IT Malaysia pries tot "vorrechnet" ms Englisch Lords Clinton hingenommen Germane, los.

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Act Bremer's ever act I guilt hanged marriage for days in Firefox. IT ate operetta to concern someone act IT Malaysia to praise someone dead "to allocate" ms English Lords Clinton tolerated Teuton, go.

 

 

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Edited March 28, 201312 yr by Henne

 

 

 

Updated spell-checking in Chrome recognizes proper nouns.

(Credit: Google)

 

Thanks to CNET.

 

Smart move of google.

That's going to be really useful for me!

one of the best features to be added to chrome ever.... now I use google chrome to correct my crappy spelling even more than word now

I love google chrome.. Especially when I need I do my homework! This feature is amazing cause my spelling is awful

That's neat.

More browsers need to do something like this...which would only be Internet Explorer and Safari at this point, as Firefox uses the same feature.