Re: [debate] <nettime> FYI: Microsoft Machinations (fwd)

[Rigo Wenning <rigo@fitug.de>]

Ein Blick auf das Annotea-Projekt des W3C zeigt, dass die
Kommentierung fremder Web-Sites im eigenen Browser eigentlich
etwas sehr nützliches sein kann. Man braucht die Zettel nicht
mehr an den Bildschirm zu kleben, sondern heftet sie an eine
Web-Site...

Was man dann letztlich aus der Technik machen kann und wer die
Kommentierung kontrolliert, das steht auf einem anderen Blatt und
muss von anderen kommentiert werden...

Siehe: http://www.w3.org/2001/Annotea/

Gruss

Rigo

> -- 
> WALTER S. MOSSBERG, WALL STREET JOURNAL: Microsoft's Windows XP
[...]
> that shows Microsoft may well flunk both these tests. The feature, which
> hasn't yet been made public, allows Microsoft's Internet Explorer Web
> browser -- included in Windows XP -- to turn any word on any Web site
> into a link to Microsoft's own Web sites and services, or to any other
> sites Microsoft favors. In effect, Microsoft will be able, through the
> browser, to re-edit anybody's site, without the owner's knowledge or
> permission, in a way that tempts users to leave and go to a
> Microsoft-chosen site -- whether or not that site offers better
> information. The feature, called Internet Explorer Smart Tags, wasn't in
> the widely distributed second public beta of Windows XP issued in March.
> And it isn't easy to find, even in later "builds" that have had much
> more limited distribution . . . Here's how the Internet Explorer Smart
> Tags work: On a PC with Windows XP, when you open any Web page, squiggly
> purple lines instantly appear under certain types of words. In the
> version I tested, these browser-generated underlines appear beneath the
> names of companies, sports teams and colleges. But other types of terms
> could be highlighted in future versions.