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Re: flash satay firefox bug

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From: Michael Moore
Date: May 23, 2005 8:56AM

Andrew Kirkpatrick wrote:

>
> If accessibility is a concern, the satay method is a problem, since at
> least in JAWS (but not with Window-Eyes) a flash movie embedded this way
> renders the movie completely inaccessible. This isn't an issue for
> decorative Flash, but if there is content in the SWF it is best to use a
> different embedding method.
>
> AWK


Its beginning to sound like we may need to resort to sniffers. Since
the satay method is not necessary for IE and Jaws and Window Eyes do not
work with Gecko browsers one solution may be to use the satay method
only if the gecko browser is detected. What does everyone think?

Mike