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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