[thelist] flash accessibility/usability (was: Jakob Nielsen [was Anti-aliasing])

.jeff jeff at members.evolt.org
Mon Feb 25 22:18:01 CST 2002


erik,

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> From: Erik Mattheis
>
> > while we're listing deficiencies, lemme add a few
> > more:
>
> Almost without exception the things in your list can be
> accomplished in a 100% Flash site ...
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so, if they can be accomplished, why aren't more people removing these
stumbling blocks to the usability/accessibility of flash?  answer -- it
takes too much work to discover all the built-in browser functionality you
need to include and then build programming logic within your flash file to
handle.

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> >    - mousewheel
>
> I'm not sure about the mousewheel, but you're probably
> correct.
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and i could be mistaken.  i only listed it because i've never seen a flash
movie where it worked.  even if it did work, would it scroll the amount i
have my mousewheel configured to scroll at a time?

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> >    - clicking a scroll button and the scrollable area
> >      moving approximately the same amount as i have
> >      all the rest of my window's apps set to scroll
> >    - clicking and holding the scroll button and having
> >      the scrollable content scroll at my configured
> >      scroll rate until i release.
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for accessibility these two points are crucial.  here's a couple more:

scrollbars and buttons are sized according to my preferences.  ask rudy
about his 36 pixel wide scrollbars.  now, tell him you're building an all
flash site and it'll have 12 pixel wide scrollbars.  he's not going to be
happy and for good reason.

i'd love to see some examples of flash movies that have successfully
overcome some of the issues i mentioned that you've dismissed as solvable.
educate me please.

just some more thoughts,

.jeff

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