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[Robert Weeks <robert AT designhammer.com>]

Hi Paula,

Do you think that the majority of users are going to write their own Smart
Tags? I don't think they will, which leaves them with MS's set of Smart
Tags. 

To go back to your Wall St. Journal analogy, with the default set of smart
tags it wouldn't be like you highlighting items in your paper at all, it
would be more like if someone came along before you got your paper and
marked it up with their ads and highlights without paying the publisher of
the paper for the advertising space.

Robert Weeks

Partner - Technology
DesignHammer Media Group, LLC
http://www.designhammer.com





On 6/25/01 1:10 PM, "Paula Paul" <Paula AT PaulSoftware.com> wrote:

> I took a different approach... after reading some of the hype, I decided
> to understand exactly how Smart Tags are implemented.  I know how to
> write my own, and how to enable and disable them.  It's pretty basic,
> simple stuff.  I probably won't go out of my way to use them, but there
> are some pretty interesting desktop productivity applications for them.
> 
> Now that I understand the technology, I don't have much need for the
> hype.  I don't really fear Smart Tags at all (any more than I fear any
> other DLL).  Smart Tags are just DLLs - you can choose to enable them or
> not, and as such I don't really see any privacy being invaded (unless by
> choice).  Personally, I think it's more of an invasion for web authors
> to disable them via meta tags, since my desktop is configured the way I
> like it, and I don't like web developers taking my choices away ;-)
> 
> Cheers,
> Paula
> 
> 
> 
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