Re: Another Dumb Tags Issue

> > <meta name="MSSmartTagsPreventParsing" content="TRUE">
> Thanks for the meta tag -- where did you find it? Everyone's been
> looking... :)

I followed a link on Evolt.org to:
http://www.allmyfaqs.com/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Microsoft_SmartTags

Simply with the qualification "From an MS FAQ posting".

Make of that what you will.

Nancy, I appreciate your arguments.  It is a problem.  As I said, I am not
interested in Microsoft content, and I will be disabling smart tags when I
start using the software.  However, I think that should remain my choice.

Tim





>
> <snip>
> > It's the equivalent of hacking a JavaScript that prevents the user
hitting
> > the back button to leave your site.  The web designer, simply, should
have
> > no control over the functionality of my chosen browser.
>
> I appreciate your arguement, but I don't see the comparison. Allowing
> someone to insert links on a page I build for myself or a client is an
> entirely different scenario. If someone wants to search for related
> articles, that's what they make search engines for. And if MS's primary
> concern is to help the viewer access greater content, then simply make
> the Smart Links jump to Google (as an earlier post suggested). No one is
> suggesting that viewers be prevented from seeking out additional
> information.
>
> > Your example of the American Football teams is interesting.  Preventing
the
> > user finding sites about your competitors is against the whole
philosophy of
> > the web: instantly putting information into context, using a series of
> > hypertext links.
>
> Again, no one is saying viewers can't go check out competitors' sites.
> Just don't have links to them on "our" pages. Think about it... If you
> built a site for a client, would you intentionally include links to
> their competitors? Of course not! Now, we all realize surfers are free
> to go search the Web for any sites they so choose. That's not what we're
> trying to prevent. We just don't want to be the gateway to competitors,
> et al.
>
> Let's take some more emotional issues to illustrate the point better:
>
> Would a Democratic Party site want links to pro-Republican sites?
> Would a pro-life site want links to abortion clinics?
> Would the Million Moms March site want links to the NRA?
> Would a synagogue want links to pro-Nazi sites?
> Would vegetarians/vegans want links to sites with meat-based recipes?
>
> See the problem?
>
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> President
>
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