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From: Austin, Darrel
Date: Oct 4, 2004 3:52PM

> I am very interested in your thoughts -- especially because it has
> very specific requirments to be able to run (such as downloading an
> active x control, flash 6.0 required, Windows 98 or greater & IE 5.0
> or greater and utilizes cookies to store whether the flash file has
> already played the flash file).

Well, right there it's not accessible to anyone not using Windows, or not
using IE on windows, or not using IE on windows with flash installed, or not
using IE on windows with flash installed and permissions to install activex
components on their machine.

;o)

> Knowing that it utilitzes such a specific grouping of software - how
> would one best set this up to be used on a 508 compliant website and
> what would be your top of the list reasons to not consider it at all

IMHO, it's proprietary software designed for one specific browser on one
specific operating system.

I guess the big question is what kind of content is this? Is it integral to
the site, or is it just something nice to have if you can see it?

Reading it, it just seems like a 'ooh! Neat!' bell and whistle and most
folks probably wouldn't miss it if they didn't see it to begin with.

-Darrel