Comments on: Accessibility in Flash bug and issue list http://niquimerret.com/?p=94 Changing tracks... Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:14:17 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Adobe needs to improve accessibility in Flash Player - Zeus Labs http://niquimerret.com/?p=94&cpage=1#comment-16853 Adobe needs to improve accessibility in Flash Player - Zeus Labs Mon, 05 May 2008 21:12:12 +0000 http://niquimerret.com/?p=94#comment-16853 [...] For more information about the limitations of Flash Player’s Accessibility features, see Niqui Merret’s blog post from last year, Accessibility in Flash bug and issue list. For information related to web accessibility and laws in various jurisdictions around the world, see Policies Relating to Web Accessibility. In time, accessibility laws will become stronger, and it’s important that Flash Player provides better support early so that developers can prepare. Posted by Josh Tynjala on May 5, 2008 [...] [...] For more information about the limitations of Flash Player’s Accessibility features, see Niqui Merret’s blog post from last year, Accessibility in Flash bug and issue list. For information related to web accessibility and laws in various jurisdictions around the world, see Policies Relating to Web Accessibility. In time, accessibility laws will become stronger, and it’s important that Flash Player provides better support early so that developers can prepare. Posted by Josh Tynjala on May 5, 2008 [...]

]]> By: Flash Components - Kal Gieber http://niquimerret.com/?p=94&cpage=1#comment-14284 Flash Components - Kal Gieber Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:46:52 +0000 http://niquimerret.com/?p=94#comment-14284 I've noticed that if you have one of Flash's User Interface components, such as the combo box or alert, in your Flash project you are not able to tab to objects inside other movie clips. This occurs even if the component resides in your library and not on the stage. It has something to do with the Focus Manager for the components. I'm still using Flash 8, so I don't know if this has been fixed in CS3. I’ve noticed that if you have one of Flash’s User Interface components, such as the combo box or alert, in your Flash project you are not able to tab to objects inside other movie clips. This occurs even if the component resides in your library and not on the stage. It has something to do with the Focus Manager for the components. I’m still using Flash 8, so I don’t know if this has been fixed in CS3.

]]> By: Embed Flash (*.swf) movie on Internet Explorer? | Computer & Internet Tech http://niquimerret.com/?p=94&cpage=1#comment-12320 Embed Flash (*.swf) movie on Internet Explorer? | Computer & Internet Tech Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:23:13 +0000 http://niquimerret.com/?p=94#comment-12320 [...] How do I get rid of this annoying border? I want the flash movie to just start going when it is loaded, without me clicking on the movie first. Can someone please help me with the html code Answer: There are several approaches to this problem the old way was to use <embed>. This approach has been deprecated and should no longer be used. You are on the right track with the object tag. Here is an article with different methods compared and contrasted. http://alistapart.com/articles/flashembe… I find that I like the UFO best. When using Flash there are other concerns you should be aware of. http://niquimerret.com/?p=94 Answer: i think the version u r using of IE not suppoted this coding,because this coding is well displayed in firefox Answer: I think that is normal when using IE browser. Answer: Because your IE don`t support "object".You can copy the code into Dreamweaver.Dr will prompt you to convert "object" to a new label that your IE support. [...] [...] How do I get rid of this annoying border? I want the flash movie to just start going when it is loaded, without me clicking on the movie first. Can someone please help me with the html code Answer: There are several approaches to this problem the old way was to use <embed>. This approach has been deprecated and should no longer be used. You are on the right track with the object tag. Here is an article with different methods compared and contrasted. http://alistapart.com/articles/flashembe…; I find that I like the UFO best. When using Flash there are other concerns you should be aware of. http://niquimerret.com/?p=94 Answer: i think the version u r using of IE not suppoted this coding,because this coding is well displayed in firefox Answer: I think that is normal when using IE browser. Answer: Because your IE don`t support "object".You can copy the code into Dreamweaver.Dr will prompt you to convert "object" to a new label that your IE support. [...]

]]> By: More questions than answers : Andrea Hill - afhill.com http://niquimerret.com/?p=94&cpage=1#comment-11268 More questions than answers : Andrea Hill - afhill.com Sun, 13 Jan 2008 20:41:56 +0000 http://niquimerret.com/?p=94#comment-11268 [...] Trying to figure out the scope for my capstone, I’ve done some reading on WAI-ARIA, which seems to focus on helping making AJAXy-applications accessible via roles and states. However, we really work more with flash and flex at work, and I want to figure out how to push accessibility via those mediums as well. I came across a great resource at niquimerret.com, a girl geek who is passionate about both Flash and Accessibility. Perfect! I read a post she’d made on accessibility “bugs” in flash, and left her a long rambling comment on some of my questions about flash and accessibility. I figured I may as well leave it here as well in the hopes of garnering some additional responses… [...] [...] Trying to figure out the scope for my capstone, I’ve done some reading on WAI-ARIA, which seems to focus on helping making AJAXy-applications accessible via roles and states. However, we really work more with flash and flex at work, and I want to figure out how to push accessibility via those mediums as well. I came across a great resource at niquimerret.com, a girl geek who is passionate about both Flash and Accessibility. Perfect! I read a post she’d made on accessibility “bugs” in flash, and left her a long rambling comment on some of my questions about flash and accessibility. I figured I may as well leave it here as well in the hopes of garnering some additional responses… [...]

]]> By: Andrea Hill http://niquimerret.com/?p=94&cpage=1#comment-11267 Andrea Hill Sun, 13 Jan 2008 20:34:59 +0000 http://niquimerret.com/?p=94#comment-11267 Hello Niqui, I'm glad I stumbled upon your blog, looks like a fantastic resource! I am a web developer (HTML/CSS/JS) for an interactive marketing agency that is mad about flash. Most of our flash developers/designers are in the dark about accessibility, so I am trying to ramp up on flash/flex and in particular the accessibility considerations so that I can inform them on such. I'm actually working on a paper for school on accessibility in RIAs, and I'm at a point in my research where I have more questions than answers. One thing I was wondering about, and maybe you can offer some insight: WAI-ARIA mentions using <a href="http://juicystudio.com/article/wai-aria-live-regions.php" rel="nofollow">live regions</a> to make AJAX applications accessible. (AJAX live regions allows text to be spoken without giving it focus. This is good in that it means that users can be informed of multiple updates without losing their place within the content.) My other stumbling point is at which point this would need to be supported... obviously, the flash player would need to understand these roles/states, but is that enough, or would the browser also need to be aware of it? That is.. would flash on FF be "more" accessible than on IE? Or is WAI-ARIA really a browser thing, not a flash thing? Any thoughts you have would really be appreciated.. I think I will probably post this same list of questions/stream of consciousness on my own blog, in hopes of garnering some feedback! ~Andrea Hello Niqui,
I’m glad I stumbled upon your blog, looks like a fantastic resource! I am a web developer (HTML/CSS/JS) for an interactive marketing agency that is mad about flash. Most of our flash developers/designers are in the dark about accessibility, so I am trying to ramp up on flash/flex and in particular the accessibility considerations so that I can inform them on such.

I’m actually working on a paper for school on accessibility in RIAs, and I’m at a point in my research where I have more questions than answers. One thing I was wondering about, and maybe you can offer some insight: WAI-ARIA mentions using live regions to make AJAX applications accessible. (AJAX live regions allows text to be spoken without giving it focus. This is good in that it means that users can be informed of multiple updates without losing their place within the content.)

My other stumbling point is at which point this would need to be supported… obviously, the flash player would need to understand these roles/states, but is that enough, or would the browser also need to be aware of it? That is.. would flash on FF be “more” accessible than on IE? Or is WAI-ARIA really a browser thing, not a flash thing?

Any thoughts you have would really be appreciated.. I think I will probably post this same list of questions/stream of consciousness on my own blog, in hopes of garnering some feedback!

~Andrea

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