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Subject: Re: [SLE] WSJ slams MS
Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2001 11:52:28 +0200
From: Jon Clausen
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.
Which is basically falsification, although this view might not hold up in court....
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.
Similar to the site being cracked by someone, who then makes changes to the content...
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.
I don't know anything about HTML, so this is most certainly *not* proper notation: <SMARTTAG Phrase = "linux"> popup {"Insert M$ FUD here"} </SMARTTAG> Is what I'm guessing is going to happen to anyone unfortunate enough to be on XP while looking for alternatives... Ugly, annoying but, sadly, not surprising Jon Clausen -------------------------------------------------------
I sent the WSJ story URL to a friend of mine. He mentioned that smart tags sounded exactly like what he had with NBCi, squiggly lines and all--or used to have, apparently they have canceled the "service." They spent a ton of money promoting the scheme on TV. It would be interesting to find out why they abandoned it. Rudder
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