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From: Jon Gunderson
Date: Apr 20, 2005 11:53AM

Coca,
1. What are the features you can do in flash, that you cannot
do in accessible HTML?

2. The use of FLASH is also limits interoperability. For
example how do plan to support users with different graphical
screen resolutions?

Jon


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>>Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 10:45:02 -0700 (PDT)
>>From: Coca Rivas < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
>>Subject: [WebAIM] Could anybody help, advice me on this?
>>To: <EMAIL REMOVED>
>>
>>Could anybody help advice me on this?
>>
>>My company is designing a web application build in
>>Flash (accessible via pop up link, from the main
>>site), this web application will be a visual tool to
>>provide a very visual and user friendly overview, of
>>the existing content for this site main large (content
>>speaking) website.
>>
>>I am aware that the application as it is will not meet
>>Accessibility guidelines. (Build in Flash and popping
>>up form a new window browser)
>>
>>Will it be ok (in terms of accessibility) if we
>>provide also an alternative HTML version of the
>>information? A flat version will be a bit
>>contradictory with the whole purpose of the tool?
>>
>>Thanks in advance
>>
>>
>>JT Rivas
>>Design Director
>>
>>www.artlike.co.uk
>> <EMAIL REMOVED>
>>+44(0)7818063128
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and
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Disability Resources and Education Services (DRES)

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