Hello Lovette, When you ask: > . Is there a way to toggle flash player on and off? Do you mean is there a way to manipulate the player controls if they are embedded in Adobe flash that is not accessible (and there is not an accessible HTML5 of the web page)? The only cases I can think of where you are using VoiceOver for this involve figuring out where the controls are by using Mouse Keys to move the cursor over the play/pause button and then clicking your mouse. You'd have to set up VoiceOver so that it announces what is under the mouse when you move over it (in VoiceOver Utility > Verbosity > Announcements tab checkbox for "Speak text under mouse after delay") in order to locate the controls this way.
Or are you referring to a way to disable flash from playing in Safari via a Safari extension or plug-in? This was done with the Click-To extension or the Click-to-Flash plugin. Flash installs as a plug-in for your browser, so you can disable it via the security tab of your Preferences pane. Command-comma to bring up preferences in Safari, then navigate to the security tab and uncheck the box for "Enable plug-ins". For some Flash content, such as YouTube videos, when Flash is not available and there is an accessible HTML5 version of the page contents, you'll be taken to that page, and be able to use the player controls with VoiceOver. But not all pages with Flash content have HTML5 versions. Because of security issues with Adobe Flash, the recent Safari updates started blocking out-of-date flash plug-ins. Also, new Macs don't come with Flash installed on the system by default any more. You have to download and install it from Adobe if you want it to run on your computer, and I think that's been true for nearly a year now. It then shows up as an additional item named "Flash Player" in your System Preferences, and can be set to automatically check for updates (the default), or you can navigate to the Advanced tab and then manually check for updates. I just read that the latest version of Safari 6 (just released) may also give messages blocking the flash plug-in. That's part of Apple's recent move to block outdated flash plugins as a security measure, and was also a feature of the last Safari 5 update. If you have a new Mac, and previously had flash installed, you may have to delete a file named "Flash Player.plugin" (without quotes) and with an old modification date from your system's library folder for "Internet Plug-Ins". If you have an older mac, you may have a sub-folder for "Disabled Plug-Ins" where you want to delete all references to Flash or Shockwave. You can navigate to this Folder with the Command-Shift-G "go to folder" shortcut, and type or paste into the text field: /Library/Internet Plug-Ins and press return. Note there is a slash before and after "Library" to indicate it is a top level system folder -- not your user account's Library folder -- the slash after indicates that "Internet Plug-Ins" is a subfolder under "/Library". If you have questions about playing Flash on your Mac, please write back with more details about what you want to know, so list members can address these topics in their replies. Cheers, Esther <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
