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From: Robinson, Norman B - Washington, DC
Date: Jun 23, 2005 9:14AM

Chris,

If you'll forgive me, the intro seems like excuses; flash can be
designed to be accessible. Anything that isn't accessible is a lack of
intent (whether due to the preference of the client or not) or a failure
of the imagination.

Might I suggest you don't try to make excuses and simple offer
the user the choice of 1. High-bandwidth Flash version or 2. Non-flash
HTML version. Very rarely should you encounter an user that needs to be
aware of the difference that wouldn't want it laid out in those
versions. I see intro pages all the time that offer the choice of 1
FLASH or 2 HTML version of their website.

Best of luck,

Norman



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Subject: [WebAIM] Bridge page wording


We have a client that has a Flash version and an HTML version of the
same site. The Flash version will be by its very nature not accessible
to all (marketing speak, games, loads of moving sliding and bouncing
bits) and is not meant to be. Both versions have the same data, and get
generated from one source. As it stands now, they automatically send
Flash users to the singing and dancing version, which is clearly a bad
idea. I proposed a bridge page to let the visitor choose.

What are your thoughts on the wording, or is there any better version?


Welcome to XYZ

We try to give our visitors the best experience possible, but we are
restricted by the technology of the web. We also realise that our
visitors access the web differently.

This diversity can mean that the needs or expectations of one group
might interfere with those of the other.

Therefore we give you the choice and offer two different versions of the
site. Both have the same information, they only differ in their form of
delivery.

The traditional version relies on HTML and traditional web technologies
to deliver the information fast and easy.

The enhanced version uses Flash, requires a modern browser and can not
be used without a mouse. If you have Flash enabled and you can use a
mouse then this version will make your visit a lot more enjoyable.

Please choose your desired version:

Traditional

Enhanced

|_| Remember my choice and don't show this page the next time

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