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Dan Murphy  
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 More options Feb 21 2006, 9:28 am
Newsgroups: alt.disability.issues, alt.comp.blind-users
From: Dan Murphy <danm...@verizon.net>
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 22:28:09 GMT
Local: Tues, Feb 21 2006 9:28 am
Subject: Re: web design for disabled users
Well all I know is that as a user of Jaws5.10 with IE6, I find pages
with Macromedia Flash to be extremely annoying since it changes the
behavior of the screen reader
On Mon, 20 Feb 2006, Community Living
Chatham-Kent wrote:

> I'm sorry.  I don't market Macromedia Flash despite the way it might have
> come out -- Toronto has been fairly successful in using it to give people
> with intellectual disabilities a chance to build a communication network for
> people with disabilities and their families - the link was posted with my
> previous post if you want to check it out.  I also gave examples of how the
> technology could be applied for the visually impared (not that it's been
> done but I know the software and I know it's possible and not difficult to
> do).  I'm not saying that it's easily adapted or that there is even alot of
> content out there now, but it is indeed possible if specific disabilities
> are considered during the web creation process -- that is my evidence.  I'm
> not suggesting that Flash will revitalize the web for people with
> disabilities, but for sites focused on providing information to people with
> disabilities, it is certainly an option.  I'll post the link a second time
> in case you didn't notice it.  Cheers!

> http://www.connectability.ca/connectability/pages/sitetour/index.html

>     Aaron Watson

> "Johnny Winther Ronnenberg" <johnny.wint...@XYZtdcadsl.dk> wrote in message
> news:43f110a3$0$147$edfadb0f@dread11.news.tele.dk...
>> Community Living Chatham-Kent wrote:

>> Besides the sales speach it would be nice with site references that proved
>> the sales speak.

>> Flash has not, although great work have been done by Macromedia been
>> especially accessibly until now.

>> So where the fuck are the evidence?

>> Best regards
>> Johnny Winther Ronnenberg

>> --
>> Det er brugeren der bestemmer ;-)
>> http://www.ronnenberg.dk/webaccessibility/
>> Last: revision: http://www.ronnenberg.dk/webaccessibility/whytables.asp
>> and http://80.62.61.212/webaccessibility/index.asp


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