>From what I understand and have read. Smart tags have been abandoned in
Windows XP and IE6. However, they weren't removed in time for Win XP RC1 but
should be out by RC2. Apparently Microsoft thought the technology wasn't
mature enough. Anyway, IE still sets millions of people's start page to
MSN.COM or the local varient.
Simon
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-----Original Message-----
From: Les Bell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 8:07 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Smart Tags and howto avoid them..
Zoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>M$ announced yesterday that they are abandoning the smart tag.
*** Yeah, sure...;-)
<<
A degree of scepticism is warranted. From an email I received from a buddy
this afternoon, with the names removed to protect the innocent:
--------
BTW did you know that there are versions of IE that already implement the
wiggly
links?
XXX (principal of an ISP) had a query from YYY (his programmer) about
whether or not he had put some links on a client's pages and of course
these are those "hotlink" things built into the browser.
The word "auction" in an auction company page linked to eBay and a
recruitment
company page had the word "recruitment" or similar pointing at
www.hotjobs.com.au (owned by MicroSoft) [ . . . . ]
--------
Now, it could be a mistake, but these people are pretty competent. I
haven't followed it up to verify independently, but it sounds plausible to
me. So if Microsoft say "We will not implement smart tags" it would mean
very little if they already *have* implemented them.
Sigh. [shakes head in disgust]
Best,
--- Les [http://www.lesbell.com.au]
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