[thelist] More Smart Tags
Rebekah Murphy
bekah at nightvisions.com
Mon Jun 25 12:02:48 CDT 2001
OK, I have a question about smart tags no has brought up
yet (or maybe I just missed it).
What if 2 smart tag publishers make different tags for
the same word and the user has both installed on
their machine? For instance, Microsoft says that
every instance of the word "tree" should go to a
Microsoft site about trees, but Adobe says every instance
of the word "tree" should go to a partner site that
sells stock photos of trees... What happens then?
Also, what if someone rights a smart tag specification
that links to every word in the OED? It would take
some time, but I bet there are a few industrious hackers
up for the challenge. Since new smart tags have to
be installed, this would have to be distributed as a
virus, but we've all seen how easily those get around.
I just think the whole idea is ripe for abuse from a
number of fronts, not just from Microsoft.
-Bekah
(please note, I have neither the time, nor the
skills nessasary to write such a virus. Should this come
to pass, don't come pointing fingers at me :)
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