Originally Posted By: tfabris
The real issue here is, why the heck isn't spellchecking an OS feature in Windows by now? Why does it still have to be on a per-application basis? What a waste.

One good thing about a per-application basis is that if the spell checking goes into full-on-stupid mode (like my issues with iOS 8.1), it only affects one application, rather than every single one, which is beyond obnoxious.