Martian

Gutsy Gibbon (Ubuntu 7.10). Upon further investigation I have discovered that the spell check works in Pidgin and Thunderbird (v 2.0.0.12) as well as having worked in Firefox 2.x, but does not appear to work in Firefox 3.0b4 or in Openoffice.org; I'm suspecting it may be a dictionary issue and will look into that.

EDIT - I have resolved the issue with Openoffice.org (it was set to use a Canadian dictionary, which isn't available) but am still having problems with FF 3.0b4 when it comes to spell checking. I've been unable to find a similar option in either the Preferences menu or about:config, so it turns out it may be something specific to Firefox after all.

EDIT #2 - Switched back to FF 2.0.0.12 to confirm, spell checking works fine here. I think I may just stick with the release version and leave the beta for now, at least until the next RC.

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I get through cryin' and I'm sadder than before I wept
I get through thinkin' now, and the thoughts have left my head
I get through speakin' and I can't remember, not a word that I said

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