![]() ![]() ![]() It works in ten different languages, and when it finds a suspect word, you can click on the word and get a list of suggestions, or add it to your personal dictionary. SpellCheck helped us out when using Web-based e-mail and filling out a technical-support form. ![]() ![]() Unfortunately, it doesn't work in the other direction, which would have been a boon for reading foreign pages. We tested it in Spanish, and it worked on every word we tried. Simply move your cursor over an unfamiliar word and you'll get translation in one of several languages. WordTranslator is useful if English isn't your native language. AutoLink is a clever idea, but it will be interesting to see how well it plays with the public. Small bookstores on the Web won't appreciate that when AutoLink finds books' ISBN numbers, it automatically links them to, especially when Amazon's prices are lower. Some Web designers might balk at software that modifies their pages. On one Web page that listed 41 books and their ISBN numbers, AutoLink recognized only 17 of them.Įven if AutoLink worked perfectly, we're not sure everyone would be pleased with it. It also works with book ISBN numbers and even vehicle VIN numbers, though with mixed results there too. It consistently choked on street numbers with a dash-linking, for instance to a map of 53 Maiden Lane instead of 30-53 Maiden Lane-and occasionally missed on addresses without a dash. The publicly available beta adds several notable features, including an AutoLink function, a Webform spell-checker, and a word translator.ĪutoLink automatically highlights street addresses on a Web page and links them to Google Maps. Google Toolbar 3.0 beta is an effective, albeit minor, Internet utility update that manages to keep Google in the lead among its main toolbar competitors, Microsoft and Yahoo!. ![]()
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