Hi there,
Yes, I saw that too; give that developer (and the individual that approved this change) a cheap biscuit for their effort including their dreadful grasp of user interface requirements.
Also, have you noticed that incorrectly spelt words are not always underlined when incorrectly spelt? That's useful.
Another random 'feature' that I hate is the fact that, with an incorrectly spelt word that is underlined in red, if you zoom in or out of the page, the red line shoots off elswhere on the page, i.e. not connected to the incorrectly spelt word and may not necessarily 'find' the work again after resetting the zoom.
Seriously though, I like many of you I suspect, have reported this and nothing gets done. Frustrating.