This whole microsoft smart tags thing is a little overblown. It might be another reason not to use Internet Explorer (not that you have much option at this point) but it's clearly within Microsoft's rights to do this. Once you put something on the web you aren't really in control of it any more. Anybody should be free to write any sort of software to "browse" web pages in any manner the software author sees fit. This would include adding, subtracting, or just plain rearranging content. If you're against smart tags are you also against something like netomat (or junkbuster for that matter?) I don't see how to support one without supporting the other.
[Just to be clear: I think this is an incredibly stupid, almost offensive feature, and I would never use it. Plus I'll encourage others - probably through a childish sort of mocking - not to use Microsofts products as well. Still, they should be able to do it if they want.]
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- jim 6-09-2001 2:32 pm