Re: MSSmartTagsPreventParsing

    Hi Charles,
    Not to sound cynical (but I guess I'm that too - LOL!); how do you know
*for sure* that mickysoft has *never* released a version (or a few hundred
thousand or more copies) of I.E.6 with smart tags enabled? Are you inside
mickysoft?
    The next question is; when did the client get/install I.E. & what is the
exact version #? (& did he install over a beta?) If the person could get
that info for us, it would be a big help.
    Thank you,
            ~ Paul

----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles A Upsdell" <cupsdell(at)upsdell.com>
To: <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
Cc: "Nancy J. Foster" <nancyf(at)quillandmouse.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2002 6:42 PM
Subject: Re: MSSmartTagsPreventParsing


> No.  My information is correct: the released IE6 does not implement
SmartTags.
>
> On the other hand, Office XP does implement them: perhaps this was a
factor
> with your client?
>
> Or perhaps, somehow, something had set the registry to activate
> SmartTags?  Is this possible?  I don't know.
>
> Or perhaps your client had installed the final IE6 on top of a beta?
>
> > > Smart tags were implemented in betas of IE 6, but NOT in the final,
> > > released version of IE 6 that people are using today.  So the META
tags are
> > > not necessary ...... <snip>
> >
> >This isn't necessarily so. I had a client we built a website for who
> >called me up to ask why the site we were building for him had links on
> >MasterCard that took the viewer somewhere else. Naturally, we didn't
> >have the links there -- his browser added smart tags. I, too, had
> >thought we'd be safe for now, but the client was running a _released_
> >version of IE, _not_ a beta version. So don't assume the metatag isn't
> >needed!!
>
> -
> Chuck Upsdell
> Email:     cupsdell(at)upsdell.com
> Website:   http://www.upsdell.com/
>

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