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I like the idea but the UX of this is somewhat disappointing:

1. This is probably better implemented as a syntax highlighter, e.g. uncommon words get blocked out in red.

2. The reporting is waaay too slow because each word gets fired out in a request to https://splasho.com/upgoer5/phpspellcheck/dictionaries/check.... Why isn't this implemented in clientside JS?

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> Why isn't this implemented in clientside JS?

This appears to have been built in twenty hundred ten and three. It may be that the make-person did not have the things in their brain they needed to build it in that way at that time.

>This is probably better implemented as a syntax highlighter, e.g. uncommon words get blocked out in red.

I get a squiggly red underline. Maybe you didn't notice because it looks similar to your browser's spelling checker?

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