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December 11, 2007

Spell check has FINALLY arrived!

Hey Askvillers,

We have FINALLY gotten to a much requested feature.  Spell check!  When you ask a question, you will now be able to check spelling for both the question title and its details.  Next to the Preview button there is a Check Spelling button, which will red underline all words that maybe misspelled.  We will be incorporating a similar spell check feature throughout the rest of the site(i.e. answering a question, discussion posts, private messages)  in the near future.  Thanks for everyone's patience while we got this feature implemented.

Spellcheck

RSS feed support added to Topics
We've also added RSS feeds for all topics!  So you'll be able to use your favorite RSS readers to more quickly get access to questions being asked on Askville in your favorite topics! 

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For users who are interested in learning more about RSS and how it works, please go to the link below to learn more:

http://www.library.nhs.uk/rss/Directory/RssTutorials.aspx

Askville QuickSearch for Firefox 2.0 and Internet Explorer 7.0
For those users with Firefox 2.0 and Internet Explorer 7.0, we've also enabled an Askville QuickSearch feature.  This feature will allow you to use the search box located in the upper right-hand corner of both browsers to quickly do a search on Askville, even if you aren't on Askville.com.  To enable this feature, simply go to the QuickSearch box and "enable" or "add" Askville to your QuickSearch options. 

Firefox 2.0
Before                                                                            After
Quicksearch1_2          Quicksearch2

Internet Explorer 7.0

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 We hope you like all these new features, which should make Askville a much better place to ask... answer... meet... play!

Thanks,
The Askville Team

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