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Re: XHTML tab order and Flash

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From: Jim Allan
Date: Aug 18, 2009 8:15AM

In my experience, using IE (5?, 6, 7, 8) a user can tab into and out of a
flash object or other embedded objects. IE passes control to flash and takes
it back. Firefox has a known since version 1 that keyboard users cannot gain
access to flash or other embedded objects (quicktime, other video players).
When tabbing in FF these object are skipped.

Jim

> -----Original Message-----
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> <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Steven Henderson
> Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 5:53 AM
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> Subject: [WebAIM] XHTML tab order and Flash
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> Hello all,
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> I am hoping that somebody here could help me with a theoretical Flash
issue
> that I have.
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> Having read about and deployed a fair amount of accessible XHTML there is
a
> big grey area that I see with Flash. I understand using techniques such as
> swfobject allow graceful Flash features to be available in place of XHTML,
> which is great for screen readers or non-Flash users as they won't need to
> know Flash is there (Flash visually pimps what is available to everyone
else
> in XHTML).
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> Now, my query is, where do people with mobility difficulties fit into the
> picture? Tabbing an XHTML page will skip Flash objects from my experience
> ... but in my view, people with mobility difficulties are just as likely
to
> be visually capable as your stereotypical Flash users, thus they would
> surely engage with the page using a form of tabbing? And if so, what
> advantages does swfobject or other accessible Flash solutions offer these
> people? As under these circumstances, they would have to find another way
to
> engage with a Flash feature, or would they?
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> I would be very interested in other people's opinions and experiences with
> mobility users regarding mixed XHTML/Flash content.
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> Steven
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