> Flash is intrinsically inaccessible Why do you state that?. In Flash we have a lot of more resources to make the site accesible and we can implement accesibility for screen readers through IE. are I missing something? please give us more feedback about this topic...
2005/12/15, James Knight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I come across this issue on a fairly regular basis. > > There are people who think that, as long as you tick all the WAIC boxes, > your website is accessible. > > My opinion is, even with html, you can make a site that passes the > tests, but isn't really accessible. > > Accessibility is a state of mind (;-)) - put yourself in the position of > a user who needs an accessible site for a while, and that doesn't just > mean people who are completely blind: I wear glasses when my eyes tire, > and I really appreciate sites that ask for less effort from me. > > I don't think we can say, in clear conscience, that our site is ok just > because the html that holds the flash object is well-written. Flash is > intrinsically inaccessible. Therefore, this is an instance where we must > make a non-Flash version of the site to get around the problem. > > I hope this helps, and I hope that MM/Adobe is addressing the issue? Guys? > > > Thanks > James > > José Francisco Rives Lirola wrote: > > On 15/12/2005 Carlos Rovira wrote: > > > >> Ok José, > >> > >> I will if I get something ; ) > >> > >> Thinkg about it...if you have a website build entirely with Flash and > >> only one HTML wrapper that is valid for triple AAA validators...can > >> we consider the application valid in that context?, As I'm a newby > >> for this kind of stuff, I don't know if what I'm saying have some > >> sense... > > > > > > Well, if i insert the Flash object tag inserted with Dremweaver and i check > > if it is HTML valid the answer is not. I have to change <object> tag > > declaration to > > validate the standard. I supposed that with tiple AAA it is the same > > ;-), if you change > > <object> tag refered in triple AAA documentation then you will check a > > valid HTML > > AAA :-P but anyway if your flash is not prepare for accesibility this > > method only is good > > for to get a pretty medal putting the AAA valid banner but really you > > don't help to > > people with accesibility problems :-( > > > > Regards. > > JFRL > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > osflash mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org > > _______________________________________________ > osflash mailing list > [email protected] > http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org > -- ::| Carlos Rovira ::| http://www.carlosrovira.com _______________________________________________ osflash mailing list [email protected] http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org
