On 8 Jun 2001, at 1:05, SpiderSpell wrote: ..snip..
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
And there is absolutely no technical reason why some or all of these spurious smart tags should not appear and function in an identical manner to 'real' hyperlinks. Similarly they could replace the linking intended by the page author entirely in a transparent manner. If I'm feeling totally paranoid I imagine links to certain sites being transparently replaced by others of the browser writers choosing and the user never knowing - and this could easily be applied to viewing the page source too. It makes one appreciate the virtues of open source - providing one has disassembled the compiler to make sure there is no 'trojan' built in to it! regards, Bill