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From: Swan, Henny
Date: Thu, Jul 21 2005 4:25AM
Subject: JKRowling.com pushes boundaries of Flash
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Hi All,
LightMaker, a web design agency in the UK, have relaunched
www.jkrowling.com, a Flash based website, with accessibility features in
it. These include improved tabbing, names for objects, a sound glossary
and captioning for the deaf. I'd be interested to hear any feedback or
comments from any Harry Potter fans out there!
Henny
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From: Pratik Patel
Date: Thu, Jul 21 2005 6:07AM
Subject: RE: JKRowling.com pushes boundaries of Flash
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It could use a few minor tweaks. But, it's very well done. It's nice to
find a well-designed site.
Pratik
Pratik Patel
Interim Director
Office of Special Services
Queens College
Director
CUNY Assistive Technology Services
The City University of New York
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Hi All,
LightMaker, a web design agency in the UK, have relaunched
www.jkrowling.com, a Flash based website, with accessibility features in
it. These include improved tabbing, names for objects, a sound glossary
and captioning for the deaf. I'd be interested to hear any feedback or
comments from any Harry Potter fans out there!
Henny
---
Henny Swan
Website Accessibility Consultant
RNIB Web Access Consultancy
T: 020 7391 2044
E: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
A: 105 Judd Street, London, WC1H 9NE
Visit the Web Access Centre www.rnib.org.uk/webaccesscentre for design
and management resources for accessible websites.
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From: Don Hinshaw
Date: Thu, Jul 21 2005 10:47AM
Subject: Re: JKRowling.com pushes boundaries of Flash
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Swan, Henny wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>LightMaker, a web design agency in the UK, have relaunched
>www.jkrowling.com, a Flash based website, with accessibility features in
>it. These include improved tabbing, names for objects, a sound glossary
>and captioning for the deaf. I'd be interested to hear any feedback or
>comments from any Harry Potter fans out there!
>
>
>
Hello all,
I found Zeldman's comments (pro and con) on the site very
interesting...I love Flash, but I have to agree:
"On the one hand, it demonstrates how accessible a Flash-based site can
be. On the other, it shows how many expensive experts it may take to
make a deep Flash site accessible."
http://www.zeldman.com/daily/0705d.shtml
Don
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Hinshaw Design Group
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From: Rainer Wagener
Date: Thu, Jul 21 2005 11:05AM
Subject: RE: JKRowling.com pushes boundaries of Flash
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Hi,
Henny Swan wrote:
> LightMaker, a web design agency in the UK, have relaunched
> www.jkrowling.com, a Flash based website, with
> accessibility features in
> it. These include improved tabbing, names for objects, a
> sound glossary
> and captioning for the deaf. I'd be interested to hear
> any feedback or
> comments from any Harry Potter fans out there!
Well, I don't know if I'm a Harry Potter fan. May be kind of. But
I'm definitely not a fan of this site.
I tried to access the site via modem and after several minutes of
popup blocking and some strange howling of winds or dogs or whatever
not showing up any kind of meaningful or just clickable content I
gave it up. I moved to where people know that websites are build
with (X)HTML.
Solid (X)HTML is pretty much accessible in itself. Talking about
accessibility using Flash based websites is like locking the front
door to your house, throwing away the key and then trying to enter
through the bathroom window. Those small windows can be real
accessibility features. But ain't it stupid to drop the key in the
first place?
Flash is a movie. A Website is not. You can have a movie on your
website but a Flash based website is simply a misconception.
Regards Rainer
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