# New autocorrect feature? Super annoying {Problem was Browser, not Discourse} **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Feedback\ **Created:** [May 14, 2024, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-autocorrect-feature-super-annoying-problem-was-browser-not-discourse/1001566 "2024-05-14T17:27:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2024, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-autocorrect-feature-super-annoying-problem-was-browser-not-discourse/1001566/1 "2024-05-14T17:27:47Z")
In the last week, I’ve noticed the site (and only this site) engaging in a lot more autocorrect. A recent example was in a thread about the “I Have a Dream” speech, where I typed “IHAD” and it autocorrected to “I HAD.” But it’s been happening a lot, and it’s not yet been correct with its autocorrect. Can this feature be turned off, either in my own settings or globally (if it’s annoying other people)? ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2024, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-autocorrect-feature-super-annoying-problem-was-browser-not-discourse/1001566/2 "2024-05-14T17:41:44Z")
? Doesn’t do it for me ! ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2024, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-autocorrect-feature-super-annoying-problem-was-browser-not-discourse/1001566/3 "2024-05-14T17:49:55Z")
Huh! I tried typing the same thing in a Google Doc in the same browser, and the autocorrect didn’t replicate; but here it’s still happening. In another post I just wrote: > and holy crap does that man know how to string a sentence together. and it autocorrected to > and holy crap does that mean… This is the sort of thing that keeps happening. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2024, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-autocorrect-feature-super-annoying-problem-was-browser-not-discourse/1001566/4 "2024-05-14T18:11:49Z")
Hasn’t happened to me, either. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2024, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-autocorrect-feature-super-annoying-problem-was-browser-not-discourse/1001566/5 "2024-05-14T18:14:09Z")
Oh, this is so weird. I tried on my phone, and it’s not autocorrecting like that. Maybe I have some browser extension that’s affecting this site but not Google Docs? In any case, this is me, abashedly withdrawing my complaint. Sorry, y’all! ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2024, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-autocorrect-feature-super-annoying-problem-was-browser-not-discourse/1001566/6 "2024-05-14T20:22:35Z")
Maybe you just didn’t realize what the Right Hand of Dorkness was doing. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2024, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-autocorrect-feature-super-annoying-problem-was-browser-not-discourse/1001566/7 "2024-05-14T20:24:05Z")
Yep, that is your browser. But I am late to the thread. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2024, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-autocorrect-feature-super-annoying-problem-was-browser-not-discourse/1001566/8 "2024-05-15T11:44:43Z")
Kind of like my DVD player still showing subtitles even tho I double-checked to make sure I had turned them off. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2024, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-autocorrect-feature-super-annoying-problem-was-browser-not-discourse/1001566/9 "2024-05-15T11:48:49Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > Doesn’t do it for me ! Me, neither. If I don’t catch my own typos, they get posted. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2024, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-autocorrect-feature-super-annoying-problem-was-browser-not-discourse/1001566/10 "2024-05-15T12:02:39Z")
It does sound like some sort of browser extensions. Try another browser on your computer. Do you still get the auto-corrects? If not, go back to Google and turn off extensions or browse in incognito mode (this turns off extensions, as well.) Do you still get the autocorrects? If not, you just have to hunt down the offending extension in your extension manager (chrome://extensions). ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2024, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-autocorrect-feature-super-annoying-problem-was-browser-not-discourse/1001566/11 "2024-05-15T12:25:54Z")
I’ve tested my home computer and my phone, and neither one does it, so definitely an error on my part, and an embarrassingly off-point complaint. My bad–and thanks to @What_Exit for the thread title clarification! > [@Atamasama](#): > > Maybe you just didn’t realize what the Right Hand of Dorkness was doing. To paraphrase Le Guin: _For Cool is the Left Hand of Dorkness; and Dorky is the Right Hand of Cool._