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  • From: Steven Champeon <schampeo AT hesketh.com>
  • To: InterNetWorkers <internetworkers AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: RE: MS How-To-Disable Smart Tags
  • Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 15:47:29 -0400


on Mon, Jun 25, 2001 at 12:44:29PM -0400, Paula Paul wrote:
>
> Hmmm. What about people who choose to have a certain set of smart tags
> enabled? Users can control which smart tag handlers are enabled or
> disabled (any or none).
>
> IMHO, I (as a web developer) wouldn't want to force my opinions on users
> by disabling smart tags via meta tags. Since I (as a user) choose which
> smart tag handlers to enable and disable, it would kinda irk me if web
> developers presumed I did not want to use my smart tags.

Oh, well. I'd far prefer having the *option* to disable smart tags on
*my* site rather than letting Microsoft point users away from *my*
site. I'm sorry, but the idea of Microsoft forcing us to opt out (just
as they did with the useless favicon.ico debacle) is rude at best and
anti-competitive at worst.

Leave my site alone.

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