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Dave Dempsey

Dave digs the Dirt, webtips, IT-memes and other online geekery. Also as Podcast.

23. 7. 2014 - 10:45

Today's Webtip: Autocorrect

The not so secret history of our constant companion.

I ducking hate Autocorrect.

It might be a great thing for word warriors and mono-linguists, but once you get a little blue, like to use slang or frequently find yourself switching languages, it can be worse than useless.

It's still pretty fascinating, and it's development from a simple replacement script to the complex set of rules it is today is pretty interesting.

You can read about it at Wired.