This is the same reason why I prefer Notepad++ over MS Word for note taking. Word keeps doing funny stuff with the indents / alignment / styles / autobullets and sundry garbage that I can't figure out without investing 5 mins per incident. Much easier to use NP++...stuff just works somewhat IDE like.
Agreed. It drives me nuts how much Safari, Mac Notepad, and Skype try and do this for me. So many technical terms are corrected to nonsensical words as I'm typing, with little or no notice. It's ironic to me, because I have to proofread my comments and technical documents more now than I ever did before spellchecking was integrated.
Ironically, back at the time WordStar considered itself the software that automates writing.
"Don't worry about mistakes, I'll fix them for you!" [1]
says the WordStar 3.3 manual on page 66 in a full page cartoon. Or "Hi, Choose from the menu, and I'll bring whatever you would like to order!" in another one on page 38.
