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RE: Bridge page wording

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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