I am not trying to burst anyone's bubble :(, but Walter Mossberg (reporter) is notorious for scathing reviews. Not that I am complaining :), but that is pretty much what he does day in and day out.... At least he had the gumption to report MSFT as he saw it. On Fri, 8 Jun 2001 Ted.Harding@nessie.mcc.ac.uk wrote:
http://public.wsj.com/sn/y/SB991862595554629527.html
Microsoft's Internet Explorer Smart Tags are something new and dangerous. They mean that the company that controls the Web browser is using that power to actually alter others' Web sites to its own advantage. Microsoft has a perfect right to sell services. But by using its dominant software to do so, it will be tilting the playing field and threatening editorial integrity.
As far as I understood....
I'm a little bit puzzled by this. Does the above (quoted from the final paragraph of the URL given) mean that someone who uses Smart Tags when accessing, say, my web page will alter the content of my file which is on my server for my web page?
No, it will not alter the content of the server's file.
Or does it simply mean that the view -- on their own computer -- which that person obtains will be different from the view I intended them to get (without altering my original file)?
Yes, imagine that you misspelled a word in MS Word, and the red underline comes up.... (pretty sure everyone has seen this ??) At the latest beta a colored tilde is supposed to highlight a word and when your mouse is over the target it will open a menu with a pointed website, which the clickeree can then choose. Imagine being on Ford's website and being pointed to a Jeep site if they have 'mud' on their site (ok, that is lame... but could not think of anything else :) Tony -- Tony Zafiropoulos CTiTEK, Inc. Supporting Linux one system at a time Ph: 314-726-5080 x101 Fax: 314-726-5085 Cel: 314-504-3974 tonyz@ctitek.com "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character give him power." -- Abraham Lincoln