On Jan 14, 2009, at 3:22 PM, Christie Mason wrote:
Well there goes that theory. My thoughts were something like
graphically oriented people are attracted to using Macs and Flash.
BCAT's attempting to make Flash accessible is good but if the
content hadn't been made inaccessible in the first place, then it
wouldn't be needed.
Yes, Flash can be used appropriately to give rich depth to a
concept, but it's still primarily used in the eLearning world
(including both corporate trainers and educators) to port PPT to
Flash and that's just wrong.
I'm visually oriented - I got here from graphic design - and I love
Macs and like you am less than thrilled with *the uses to which Flash
is put on the web*
I think the Mac has a better user interface (or at least did). There
are things that I do enjoy in Flash.
But as others have mentioned these *personal* attitudes are entirely
beside the point.
None of the arguments you have put forward seem to me to have any
real bearing on Flash per se. Yes education is a mess, yes
"educators" are too seldom inspired or inspiring. But uninspired
educators are going to be lazy in their use of any tool put at their
disposal. Should Flash be banished forever because it is
inappropriately used and then poorly implemented? I dunno, should we
ban axes on account of Lizzie Borden?
sorry, I'm just getting tired of this "discussion" which has long
since degenerated into an extraordinarily verbose repetition of
"Does!" - "Doesn't!" - "Does so!" - "Oh no it
doesn't"....................
Seems like the gist was covered days ago, i.e. "Flash is a medium
that has a history of inappropriate use, but Adobe is making efforts
to extend its accessibility. As a tool it has its uses, in the hands
of fools it's dangerous."
Andrew
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