Re: MSSmartTagsPreventParsing

well i just had a look in the IE6 options and I couldn't find anywhere =
to turn them on, maybe with a registry edit?? but how many people would =
do that.

they dropped smart tags because we all complained about it.
Paul Roberts
roberts_paul(at)bigfoot.com
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From: "Angel One" <angelone(at)angelonearth.net>
To: "HWG list" <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2002 9:45 AM
Subject: Re: MSSmartTagsPreventParsing


>     Hi Nathan, Christie, Rudy, cbirds,
> Please see ***** below:
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> > >...Know what? I'm going to add a re-direct on all my sites
> > >for folks using I.E.6 to a page telling them I refuse to submit my
> websites
> > >to a browser that adds content without my consent, & would they =
please
> use a
> > >browser other than I.E.6+ to access this website! Explain how they =
work;
> > >then add links to everything I can find on smart tags.
> >
> > I would suggest (if you want to something like this at all) that you =
just
> > have your sniffing script add a little paragraph somewhere on the =
page
> > (unobtrusively) that makes a note of the "smart"tags issue, with a =
link to
> > a page that goes all out explaining your stance.
> ******* This makes sense, especially since as Christie says it's just =
the
> beta version. However, what if they do it again (start putting it back =
in
> I.E.) & don't tell anyone? How may folks will be using it before it's =
known
> & how many will keep using it out of apathy or ignorance?
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> >
> > I think it's rash to lose business over, but I fully agree with =
making
> your
> > feelings known. If no one says anything, then nothing will keep the =
(or
> > any) evil giant from doing what they want. Public opinion *does* =
matter,
> > sometimes, but it has to be big enough. (i.e. enough people would =
have to
> > do related things like this to make it a big enough deal to matter.)
> ****** Well actually it's not like I have much business anyway - LOL! =
But
> *thanks* for understanding why I think this type of crap is soooo =
important!
> It's one of those "if everybody did it" type of thing, just like the =
fake
> e-mail addresses for the spambots. Well I'm old & =
jaded/callused/stubborn
> enough to do them!
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> > <shrug> Just my 2 cents.
> ***** Thanks!
> >
> > ~Nathan Lyle
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> Christie says:
> EVERY  &^$##$% PAGE ???
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> Don't you do that with other types of meta tags anyway?
> Like <META NAME=3D"author" CONTENT=3D"Paul"> ?
> Or <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"imagetoolbar" CONTENT=3D"no">  ?
> ****** Yes but it's to ADD content, not PREVENT UNWANTED MEDDLING with =
my
> websites! And CERTAINLY not to feed the dirty evil anti-freedom =
corporate
> evironment that Gates is a MAJOR part of!!!
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> I just add all of those things to my template so I can forget about =
them!
> ******* Me too, but I shouldn't HAVE to in order to keep mickysoft =
from
> changing my pages! To just allow this to happen without doing anything =
to me
> is unconscionable. How many more will we HAVE to add next year? The =
year
> after that? Adding them in the template is fine for future pages, what =
about
> ALL the pages we've already built through the years?
> Thanks for the input.
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> *smile*
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> Cheers
> Christie Cooksey  :0)
> http://www.thearmidalemall.com
> http://www.designedbychristie.com
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> Rudy says:
> > HAVING to add meta tags to EVERY  &^$##$% PAGE!!!
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> paul, you need to learn about SSI
> ****** Thanks for the suggestion - I do know about server side =
includes.
> (It's more trouble to add them & change the html to shtml than to add =
the
> META)
> rudy
> http://rudy.ca/
> p.s. don't turn your ie6 visitors away -- they are right (to use a =
modern
> browser like ie6) and you are wrong (to think turning them away solves
> anything)
> ******* You're right - I shouldn't turn visitors/clients away (I *did* =
say I
> was a stubborn old fart). Nothing wrong with using a/the most  modern
> browser; but I WILL NOT allow mickysoft to screw with my pages! And I =
WILL
> NOT participate in anything that feeds Gates! It's bad enough that =
FrontPage
> adds links to mickysoft without telling the user!?! (as it did on some =
of
> one of my client's pages)
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> cbirds says:
> Do you have the code for this IE sniffer? I'd like it, smart tags or =
not!
> ****** I haven't searched yet, but it should be easy to find.
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