Comments on: Adobe Flash Accessibility: Best Practices for Design

By: tony

tony — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 03:28:25 +0000

good article but who is “Norman” Nielson? I think you mean Jakob.

By: dev0347

dev0347 — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:15:47 +0000

I agree with others.

While Flash is great for things which absolutely have to be in a movie-style format, it’s important to remember that accessibility is about all users being able to access your content in a way that’s meaningful to them, not just about catering to people with either learning or physiological disabilities.

I work in an organisation of several hundred thousand employees, none of whom can access Flash-based sites (it’s deemed non-essential so is not installed in base machines) and I do a lot of my personal browsing on my iPhone. These days, any site that’s entirely in Flash – or has important elements which require Flash to be installed – loses my business instantly because the chances of me saying, “Well, I can wait until I’m in front of my home PC,” are pretty rare when there are other options out there.

By: typesett

typesett — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:49:45 +0000

These days, when confronted with a choice to use Flash or not, I try to find another solution… and not only do I usually find something – I find something better in implementation, updating, seo and overall efficiency.

I also dislike having to update the Flash player constantly. It’s been like a decade and I’m still having my usability accosted by Flash.

but i digress, thanks for the article.

By: Module23

Module23 — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 07:02:23 +0000

Nice overview of Flash basics. Flash10 is a big step into the right direction (usability,readability).

By: web design best practices

web design best practices — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 06:31:59 +0000

Decoration is only one, and by far not the most important, aspect of design.

By: theworkingweb

theworkingweb — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 04:48:33 +0000

Very nice post but it really doesnt match the title. This is more of a selection of different elements of modern website design.

By: ThatWebGuy

ThatWebGuy — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 22:54:13 +0000

Nice work on a subject most of us usually only speculate on. I still think though, that any content of significant importance should not be included in Flash. There are those who disable it on purpose, and also some who simply can’t upgrade.

By: Cristian

Cristian — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:13:03 +0000

Interesting read. Flash has come a long way since its inception, but if you want real accessibility XHTML is still the answer. Flash has its place too. But what you gain in visual richness you lose in accessibility.

By: Roberto

Roberto — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:14:13 +0000

I like flash for banner ads. That’s about it.

By: David

David — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:56:19 +0000

ummmmm… I got a better idea. Why don’t the big companies get together, stop suing each other and make Flash accesible. Why should millions of people come up with their own workarounds for this kinda S#!t.