Yes, the ~feature~ is in the beta versions. The announcement said it will
not be in the official release, which has not yet happened. So, the beta
tester knows they are there but the warez monger got caught crying.
Ronnie
>
> 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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