Electronic message composition support method and apparatus

A system comprising:

• at least one computing device, each computing device comprising a processor and a storage medium for tangibly storing thereon program logic for execution by the processor, the stored program logic comprising:
• receiving logic executed by the processor for receiving, from a client computing device, content of an electronic message being composed by a user at the client computing device prior to the electronic message being sent by the user;
• forwarding logic executed by the processor for forwarding at least a portion of the received electronic message content to a number of linters, each linter using the at least a portion of the received electronic message content to determine whether a condition exists that merits feedback to the user, the number of linters comprising at least one linter to identify a grammatical condition, at least one linter to identify a stylistic condition and at least one linter to identify a functional condition;
• receiving logic executed by the processor for receiving the electronic message content annotated to include feedback identifying at least one condition identified by the number of linters;
• and
• forwarding logic executed by the processor for forwarding the annotated electronic message content for display at the user computing device, the annotated electronic message content being forwarded to replace at least a portion of the electronic message's content displayed at the user computing device.

A computer readable non-transitory storage medium for tangibly storing thereon computer readable instructions that when executed cause a processor to:

• receive, from a client computing device, content of an electronic message being composed by a user at the client computing device prior to the electronic message being sent by the user;
• forward at least a portion of the received electronic message content to a number of linters, each linter using the at least a portion of the received electronic message content to determine whether a condition exists that merits feedback to the user, the number of linters comprising at least one linter to identify a grammatical condition, at least one linter to identify a stylistic condition and at least one linter to identify a functional condition;
• receive the electronic message content annotated to include feedback identifying at least one condition identified by the number of linters;
• and
• forward the annotated electronic message content for display at the user computing device, the annotated electronic message content being forwarded to replace at least a portion of the electronic message's content displayed at the user computing device.