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If the plugin author was really honest, he'd mention the fact that this spell checker is web based in the title or at the top of the description, where people a

If the plugin author was really honest, he'd mention the fact that this spell checker is web based in the title or at the top of the description, where people actually read it. Nobody would complain if this was called the "Web Based Spell Checker" or "After The Deadline Spell Checker".

drdaeman 10y ago
Ahem. From the article: "But then, at the top of the description, I found this message greeting me: [...]" It's this way on the linked extension's page as well: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=seanmcbreen.Spell https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=seanmcbr... I think that's fairly prominent place and the only explanation for installing this extension could be either that it's acceptable - for example if one's using MSVSC to edit Wikipedia articles or something like that - or negligence to read anything but the title (which can't be helped). (Well, author could've put "[INSECURE!!!! WILL STEAL YOUR CODEZ!!!!1one]" in the title... but should he?)
- ajoy39 10y ago
  Apparently asking people to read the descriptions of plugins they are installing is too much effort
- jakobegger 10y ago
  Look at the package file: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-spell-check/blob/master/package.json https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-spell-check/blob/master/... The description, which is the only part visible in the search interface, contains no mention that this uses a web service. See this comment how it should be done correctly: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11805189 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11805189
  - BuildTheRobots 10y ago
    Interestingly it's just had a version bump which makes the description a lot more obvious: "Uses a web service to detect mistakes and suggest fixes - great for Markdown or any text file." https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-spell-check/commit/70847032da107940fd86b354c5c66be3a2399317 https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-spell-check/commit/70847...

drdaeman 10y ago

Ahem. From the article: "But then, at the top of the description, I found this message greeting me: [...]" It's this way on the linked extension's page as well: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=seanmcbreen.Spell https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=seanmcbr... I think that's fairly prominent place and the only explanation for installing this extension could be either that it's acceptable - for example if one's using MSVSC to edit Wikipedia articles or something like that - or negligence to read anything but the title (which can't be helped). (Well, author could've put "[INSECURE!!!! WILL STEAL YOUR CODEZ!!!!1one]" in the title... but should he?)

ajoy39 10y ago
Apparently asking people to read the descriptions of plugins they are installing is too much effort
jakobegger 10y ago
Look at the package file: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-spell-check/blob/master/package.json https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-spell-check/blob/master/... The description, which is the only part visible in the search interface, contains no mention that this uses a web service. See this comment how it should be done correctly: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11805189 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11805189
- BuildTheRobots 10y ago
  Interestingly it's just had a version bump which makes the description a lot more obvious: "Uses a web service to detect mistakes and suggest fixes - great for Markdown or any text file." https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-spell-check/commit/70847032da107940fd86b354c5c66be3a2399317 https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-spell-check/commit/70847...