Thanks for the explanation. I will have to uninstall Adobe Flash from my Mac, since it isn't achieving anything. HTML5 works brilliantly on the Mac. If only more people were using it.
On 01/10/2011, Esther <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello David, > > Access to button controls of flash-based content in browsers is not > accessible with VoiceOver, but you can play content that is flash based > (such as YouTube videos). Note that support for playing Flash content no > longer comes as a default with Mac OS X distributions; you have to > separately download this. The original ClickToFlash implementation was a > Safari Browser plug-in that prevented Flash content from automatically > loading. This included annoying advertisements that would take up memory > resources. You could still load flash content if you added the current web > page to your white list (by pressing the Option key and Clicking with a > mouse or trackpad at the same time), or by navigating to the menu and adding > a site. Alternatively, you could enable Flash content to load and display on > the current page without adding to the white list by pressing > Command-Control-F. The point of this was that you only loaded flash content > when you wanted it, and performance was much snappier since you weren't > using up resources for Flash content you didn't want -- like ads. > > This later morphed into a Safari Extension option, and then to plug-ins of > various levels of refinement. With the advent of HTML5, which is how YouTube > movies play on iOS devices -- not using Flash -- the ClickToFlash plug-ins > enabled substitution of accessible, HTML5 versions of Flash content on web > pages that offer this option. (The plug-in can do some other things, too, > but this is what Ray wants in order to gain control of the Sample playing > controls on the Audible site.) > > Basically, the current information for both the ClickToPlugin and the > ClickToFlash Safari extensions may be found here: > http://hoyois.github.com/safariextensions/clicktoplugin/ > > More detailed information about setup depends on your operating system. > Here's a link to one of Justin's older posts about setting up the plugin: > • Re: Flash to HTML5; Can it be done? > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries%40googlegroups.com/msg48562.html > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > > On Oct 1, 2011, at 10:49, David Eagle wrote: > >> I thought FLASH was completely inaccessible with Voice Over? >> >> On 01/10/2011, Justin Ekis <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi ray, >>> >>> I prefer ClickToPlugin, since it does everything that ClickToFlash does >>> and >>> more. If it's audible you are concerned about, you will have exactly the >>> same experience with either one, since audible uses flash. The benefit of >>> ClickToPlugin is that it also helps with sites that have embedded >>> silverlight or windows media content. The setup and usage are the same >>> for >>> both, and I think I've previously posted tips for getting the best >>> results. >>> >>> Hope this helps. >>> >>> Justin >>> >>> On Oct 1, 2011, at 7:50 AM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: >>> >>> Okay. I really want to know this. For those of y'all who have tried >>> both >>> click to flash and click to plug under Lion, which do y'all prefer and >>> why? >>> Very particularly when it comes to Audible.com samles and eas of set up >>> and >>> use. >>> >>> thanks. >>> >>> >>> Sincerely, >>> The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! >>> >>> Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! >>> >>> Skype name: >>> barefootedray >>> >>> Facebook: >>> facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 >>> >>> >>> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- http://www.davideagle.co.uk -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
