> Alan Trick > But is it > worth looking > into for more than just flash videos/games and sIFR?
In and of itself, flash will never be accessible to everybody, as it requires a plugin; it's not a web native technology. Older screenreaders can't access its content at all. So, it's important to provide accessible fallback mechanisms. However, for the percentage of users that *can* use flash (have the plugin, have assistive technology that works correctly with it, etc), you should then ensure that the flash itself follows sensible, accessibility-related norms and conventions. I'd suggest having a look at Bob Regan's recent post on Flash Accessibility http://www.markme.com/accessibility/archives/007003.cfm and the interesting WCAG 1.0 Techniques for Flash http://www.markme.com/accessibility/archives/007344.cfm (just to clarify: WCAG itself does not necessarily cover Flash, as it's not an official W3C technology...so this document makes recommendations that are similar / in sympathy with what WCAG tries to achieve, but in a Flash context). Patrick ________________________________ Patrick H. Lauke Webmaster / University of Salford http://www.salford.ac.uk ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
