Here is a link to what the smart tags looks like. How ugly! <PUKE> http://www.scripting.com/images/smarttagsByScoble.gif </PUKE> -Steven On Friday 08 June 2001 01:05 am, SpiderSpell wrote:
-----Original Message----- From: Jonathan Drews [mailto:j.e.drews@worldnet.att.net] Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 11:49 PM To: spiderspell@yahoo.com Cc: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] WSJ slams MS
On Thursday 07 June 2001 21:24, you wrote:
The smart tags aren't supposed to affect your files on the server, its a modification in the users browser that causes him/her to see something (additional MS created links) other than the information you provided the
So for instance, If I want to go to http://www.kde.org on an Xp equipped computer the smart tags could (or would) deflect me away? Also the BBC website has less than flattering thigs to say about Xp.
-- Cheers,
Jonathan
You don't get "deflected" away. The smart tags are links that are shown to the user that are not actually on the web page. The user will still see all of the links that you put on your web page but the new MS links can either overwhelm the user with information, distract the user from your intended message by providing access to other information in conjunction to your structure of information on the web page. The other ugly aspect of the additional links is that the information will be biased by the simple fact that Microsoft is the one choosing the information for us.
Diane
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