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From: Earl Machen
Date: Tue, Jul 13 2004 11:51AM
Subject: Flash into
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I wondered what would be the best approach to adding a flash into to a
site in respect to accessibility. I thought having it pop up in a
smaller window would be much better than having it as the entrance
page.
From: David R. Stong
Date: Tue, Jul 13 2004 12:40PM
Subject: Re: Flash into
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Earl asked:
>I wondered what would be the best approach to adding a flash into to a
>site in respect to accessibility. I thought having it pop up in a
>smaller window would be much better than having it as the entrance
>page.
I like the discretionary use of Flash, Earl. Rather than an automatic
pop-up that could be confusing, I'd suggest placing a link to the
Flash Intro on your main page. I think this method beats the standard
practice of dumping Flash on someone, then hiding a link to "Skip"
right in the animation. If you feel that you need to load it in a
pop-up, clearly warn users that it loads in a new window.
It might be interesting to see how many users actually load it.
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David R. Stong
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Education Technology Services, a unit of
Teaching and Learning with Technology
Information Technology Services
The Pennsylvania State University
Phone 8148651843
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State College, PA 16801-4819
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From: Earl Machen
Date: Tue, Jul 13 2004 3:47PM
Subject: Re: Flash into
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Do browsers such as Lynx and Amaya even show a pop up? I've only used
the Lynx viewer and it did not seem like it even recognized the
javascript to create a pop up.
On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 14:37:05 -0400, drs18 wrote:
>
> Earl asked:
>
>
>
> >I wondered what would be the best approach to adding a flash into to a
> >site in respect to accessibility. I thought having it pop up in a
> >smaller window would be much better than having it as the entrance
> >page.
>
>
> I like the discretionary use of Flash, Earl. Rather than an automatic
> pop-up that could be confusing, I'd suggest placing a link to the
> Flash Intro on your main page. I think this method beats the standard
> practice of dumping Flash on someone, then hiding a link to "Skip"
> right in the animation. If you feel that you need to load it in a
> pop-up, clearly warn users that it loads in a new window.
>
> It might be interesting to see how many users actually load it.
>
> --
> David R. Stong
> Microcomputer Information Specialist (Graphic Designer),
> Education Technology Services, a unit of
> Teaching and Learning with Technology
> Information Technology Services
> The Pennsylvania State University
> Phone 8148651843
>
> 212 Rider Building II
> 227 W Beaver Avenue
> State College, PA 16801-4819
>
> Working for Universal Design: http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/accessibility
>
> Download Penn State's visual identity marks:
> http://www.personal.psu.edu/drs18/mark.html
>
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From: Chris Heilmann
Date: Tue, Jul 13 2004 4:19PM
Subject: Re: Flash into
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earl.machen wrote:
>Do browsers such as Lynx and Amaya even show a pop up? I've only used
>the Lynx viewer and it did not seem like it even recognized the
>javascript to create a pop up.
>
>
They don't support Javascript at all. Links with a different target
would open in the same instance, they don't have "windows" as it is.
As to your issue, I'd add a skip intro link in the HTML, not in the
flash itself and add a textual replacement in the object tag, not open
the flash in a popup at all. Flash tunnels are 1999 design as it is, and
automatic popups will be blocked by most browsers these days. I had a
real nightmare recently getting flash accessible without a "choose
flash or HTML site" for a big client, and can say without hesitation
that Flash might be possible to be accessible in the movie itself, but
the browser support of the correct HTML is dire. Safari and Opera show
the object alternative content together with the flash movie, and most
techniques provided by Macromedia are either not validating or simply
dependent on Javascript.
From: garymm
Date: Wed, Jul 21 2004 2:59PM
Subject: Re: Flash into
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I would suggest having your index page be something that has 2 links: "flash" and "non-flash", then they click either link they want.