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Re: Flash and Firefox question

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From: Andrew Kirkpatrick
Date: Dec 21, 2009 1:12PM

There is a way to develop Flash content so that you can tab into it using Firefox (http://blogs.adobe.com/accessibility/2009/04/firefox_focus_and_actual_links_1.html) but if the developer has not implemented the workaround then the user needs to click on the Flash movie first, which of course is not a viable workaround in many cases. I make very sporadic use of the mouse myself but can do this, whereas a user who cannot use the mouse at all cannot.

Thanks,
AWK

Andrew Kirkpatrick

Senior Product Manager, Accessibility

Adobe Systems

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From: <EMAIL REMOVED> [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Mark Guisinger
Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 3:00 PM
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Subject: [WebAIM] Flash and Firefox question

Has anyone found a way to be able to tab into a flash movie in Firefox, or is this still an unresolved Mozilla bug that we have to live with?

Thanks,
MarkG