[thelist] flash accessibility/usability

John Dowdell jdowdell at macromedia.com
Tue Feb 26 15:20:01 CST 2002


At 8:18 PM 2/25/2, .jeff wrote:
> 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.

What are you trying to accomplish, specifically?


I'm going through that "Jakob Nielsen" retitled thread, and it seems like
some of the re-run objections are because certain browser gestures are not
available to browser extensions... "back button", "text resize", "Find
text", "new window", etc. Is this what you're talking about, above? that
the browsers don't offer all interface gestures to their extensions?

Hold it, I saw another message from you in that thread, with some unusual
quoting style, and when I scrolled a few screens down I see a laundry list
of change-requests. It seems like you've been to some sites and wish that
their choice of UI was more like a browser's choices.

Me, I often wonder why Tan Tan Noodles don't taste like a Super Carnitas
Burrito, but I use different meals for different things.

Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but it sounds like you're endorsing that "Flash
99% Bad" rant just because the various browsers do have different feature
sets than a particular (and uniform!) browser extension...?

Hmm, are you really trying to achieve something you can't yet do, or is it
more that you don't like certain presentations that people-in-the-world
find it advantageous to create? I might be able to help with the former,
but not so much with the latter...!



Later on, from another writer in that other thread:
> boo hoo. Toys back in the pram please.

Ah, thanks, you've given me an excuse to delete the rest of that thread
unread.... ;-)

jd







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