Jonathan,
Looks good however it is pretty pointless for the next year or so
until SVG and <video> tag support is available in any of the browser
releases.
I'm extremely impressed with Flash video, It is simple to convert the
videos using Flash 8 encoder and the files are pretty small. Can not
wait until the H.264 codec support is released.
Regards
Adam
Quoting "~:'' ありがとうございました。" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Simon,
have you seen this rotating, movable video in svg demo?
http://www.bluishcoder.co.nz/2007/08/svg-video-demo.html
regards
Jonathan Chetwynd
Accessibility Consultant on Media Literacy and the Internet
On 29 Oct 2007, at 09:23, Simon Cobb wrote:
Hello,
sorry for late reply, I've been on holiday. I agree that the splash
page is annoying - my 3 year old can't get past it as she can't read it
and doesn't know what it's for. But I guess she is young to surf alone.
Anyway, back to the point, deep linking is possible right now with a
bit of js: http://www.asual.com/swfaddress/
and there are plans to build deep linking into flex3 (due out in early
2008):
http://flexwiki.adobe.com/confluence/display/ADOBE/Flex+3+Details++-+Deep+Linking
There are a couple of other things I'm currently investigating to make
more accessible flash:
http://blog.space150.com/2007/1/11/faust-flash-augmenting-standards
http://warpspire.com/journal/web-production/7-flash-myths/
But really, despite the fact that by far the bulk of my programming
experience is in flash, I'm coming around to wondering what really,
really needs to be in flash these days when there are js libraries like
mootools out there. Also, increasingly, I get annoyed with flash taking
the keyboard focus rendering browser keyboard shortcuts unusable and
don't get me started on no text resizing (yes, I know about sIFR).
Currently my list to support the use of flash instead of js consists of:
video
sockets
err, that's it.
Anything else seems to be unnecessary but maybe some of you out there
can correct me?
S.
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Sent: 27 October 2007 16:32
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Subject: Re: [backstage] flash accessibility
"but flash generally doesn't allow deep linking"
How do you work that out?
On 10/15/07, "~:'' ありがとうございました。" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Simon,
apologies, can be a bit blunt if not downright wrong at times...
peepo.com and peepo.co.uk are projects I ran for many years, designed
for the independent user who can navigate if not the operating system
then have fun browsing the web if not in a sandbox, a select group of
appropriate links.
but flash generally doesn't allow deep linking, so each time the
visitor comes to this site they need help, to get past the first splash.
fwiw, by mistake I opened in Opera, and the cursor isn't visible once
in the site, but not in the active window, probably a bug, but a real
nuisance for carers.
regards
Jonathan Chetwynd
Accessibility Consultant on Media Literacy and the Internet
On 15 Oct 2007, at 09:40, Simon Cobb wrote:
I'm sorry Jonathan, I've read this a few times now and I don't
understand your question: "maybe you are considering the webcam question
doesn't need to be switch accessible?"
This is an interesting subject for me, could you ask the question
another way please?
Thanks
S.
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Sent: 15 October 2007 09:21
To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
Subject: Re: [backstage] flash accessibility
Simon & Jason,
maybe you are considering the webcam question doesn't need to be switch
accessible?
of course that makes the user dependent on others and is 'frustrating'
to say the least...
Camino 2007101201 2.0a1pre, the smaller window pops open, but seems to
close immediately
regards
Jonathan Chetwynd
Accessibility Consultant on Media Literacy and the Internet
On 15 Oct 2007, at 08:45, Simon Cobb wrote:
Ah... Apple, the champions of open technology and freedom of the user to
choose. Your choice of computer kind of invalidates your righteous anger
at commerical vendors, no?
Of course, I'm just being mischevious :)
Because Flash is my business, I had to go and check your claims on the
Mac on our testbench.
I'll give you that INTG doesn't work in IE on the Mac. But really, who
is using IE/ Mac? Is it realistic for anyone to have to support it in
2007? Certainly, cbeebies client statistics agree, showing almost 100%
using a windows based browser. Further, I've also found through my
research on Flash accessibility that almost all users with accessibility
requirements would also usually use a windows-based machine.
As for the INTG freeze on IE/ Mac, if you want my best guess, I'd say
that IE/ Mac is unable to allow Flash to perform the operating system
check at the start of the INTG application.
If so, it's ironic because this os check was especially put in for Mac
users.
Some Macs have a built-in webcam that users might not be aware is on and
thus be baffled when the webcam parts of the game show unexepected
views.
In order that the application's functionality was most accessible to all
Mac users, this check makes sure the user can nominate the webcam to
use.
Lastly, for what it's worth, Cbeebies client stats show that almost 100%
of visitors use windows-based machines.
"space and return don't work in any browser"
Got to refute that - I just used it in Safari and it worked just fine.
Works in ubuntu linux (my daughter loves this game), works on a windows
machine. I'd say that just about covers it for access unless through
choice you have made flash unavailable.
S.
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Sent: 13 October 2007 06:30
To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
Subject: [backstage] flash accessibility
Some BBC staff have been known to trumpet the accessibility features of
flash.
the BBC is also known to have tied itself into this commercial vendor.
Can someone explain why on my OS X machine at least the supposedly
switch accessible:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/inthenightgarden/flash/index.shtml
space and return don't work in any browser and IE crashes
cheers
Jonathan Chetwynd
Accessibility Consultant on Media Literacy and the Internet
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