Have you tried dynamic rather than static swfobject publishing? - S
2010/1/27 JimP <[email protected]> > thanks for the reply. > > no, the problem is that LYNX displays absolutely NOTHING. I've checked > the docs, deleted my work, started it again...same outcome. > > Unfortunately, it transpires that there is a bug in Lynx whereby it > will stop processing anything between <object> and </object> > tags....so it totally ignores the alternate content you are supplying > it. This is widely regarded to be a fault with Lynx not following > recomendations, so yes, SWFObject WOULD appear to be working correctly > (according to spec) even though this still leaves some users with no > content. > > I'm going to check it in OTHER text-based browsers, if it works OK i > can presume the content is still accessible, just not to Lynx > users.....i'll have to decide if thats acceptible or not. > I was wondering if anyone has already been down this road? > > > > > > On Jan 26, 11:02 pm, Aran Rhee <[email protected]> wrote: > > Jim > > > > If the browser is text based, then it will not execute the javascript > which > > swaps the alternate content div text to a Flash file. Lynx etc should be > > displaying whatever the alternate content div was defined with initially > on > > the page. Is this not the case for you? > > > > You might want to (re)read the documentation in regards to how the > > progressive mark-up is handled. > > > > Cheers, > > Aran > > > > On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 2:55 AM, JimP <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I have been looking into using SWFobject for our (cs3 designed) flash > > > movies, both for the usual SEO reasons AND to enhance the site's > > > accessibility for disabled users. > > > I have implemented it on a test site and noticed afterwards that > > > SWFObject doesn't render ANYTHING out to text-based browsers such as > > > lynx. > > > Because there is no EMBED code, we cant use the NOEMBED....has anyone > > > got any thoughts on how to get content out for text-based readers? > > > Presumably this too would help SEO wise so I'm a little conflicted as > > > to the best way to do things. > > > The old style adobe-supplied script at least renders out the NOEMBED > > > tag information if you supply it. > > > How about a NOSCRIPT tag containing the accessible content? Would that > > > be a good route to go down? Or am i going to compromise SEO rankings > > > then because they will index the same content from both the SWFObject > > > code AND the NOSCRIPT code? > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > > "SWFObject" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]<swfobject%[email protected]> > <swfobject%[email protected]<swfobject%[email protected]> > > > > > . > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/swfobject?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "SWFObject" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<swfobject%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/swfobject?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SWFObject" 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/swfobject?hl=en.
