Re: Flash and accessibility issues

Doris,

Try these links:
http://www.macromedia.com/macromedia/accessibility/features/flash/
http://www.sitepoint.com/article/1116
http://ausweb.scu.edu.au/aw03/papers/arch__with_celic_/


Jeff Reid

www.romdev.com
Cincinnati, OH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doris Kyburz" <doris(at)kyburz.net>
To: "aware-techniques" <aware-techniques(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 2:36 PM
Subject: Flash and accessibility issues


> Dear all,
> 
> I have searched the archives only to discover that this list is 
> apparently not archived (or did I miss something?).
> 
> I'm sure that his must have been discussed before in this forum: What 
> accessibility issues are we facing by using Flash?
> 
> I got a request to review a new web site before it is going to be 
> launched. The index page is entirely in flash and on the subsequent 
> pages the designer used flash for the navigation. There is, in my 
> judgment absolutely no reason to use flash for both of these 
> instances other than being "cool and hip" (and play annoying noises 
> when moving the mouse over the links).
> 
> Another problem, not directly linked to accessibility though: I see 
> in the fact that search engines cannot follow any links and therefor 
> will be unable to index any content.
> 
> I would appreciate any input on "Flash accessibility issues" and 
> maybe some educating links/urls.
> 
> Thank you so much,
> 
> :: doris
> 
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