DEATH to the evil smart tags

Bard

Dave Pearman of PC Plus is damn right, in his recent opinion article (Issue 180: September or online at http://www.pcplus.co.uk/article.asp?id=30180 )

Here here!

(an example, pertinent to boards.ie)

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IE6 will by then be the only mainstream browser for Windows users, and hundreds of millions of people worldwide will be installing it one way or the other. Lots of sites will be using their own Smart Tags, and will be encouraging their visitors to turn them on. Why should webmasters have to go out of their way prevent such intrusions? And what about sites where you publish information, but don't have access to the meta tags? I'm thinking of web-based discussion forums, auction sites, newsgroup postings on Google and so on. In the future, every word you type could be providing free links and publicity for others - even your competitors or opponents.
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- for webmasters and developers this article is well worth a read.

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Bard

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Gavin

Old Hat ?
Smart tags have already been scrapped from ie6

Gav

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I read about the scrapping of the smart tags here last friday

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nf/20010803/tc/12538_1.html

This gives a bit of insight into the business strategy behind it and why its probably been scrapped given the ongoing anti-trust case in the States w/ microsoft. Maybe they feel they've already stuck their neck out a little too far already and this might just be pushing it!

I've found www.dynamicdrive.com have been tracking the whole thing quite well and keeping us clued in on what the specs are likely to be.

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SAVE CHIP !!

Bard

oh... erm... GOOD


(silly me)

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Bard

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