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From: | Dan Kegel |
Subject: | Re: [Phptest-users] OT: Flash considered harmful? (was: Help with java and PHP timer for PHPTest) |
Date: | Fri, 17 Jan 2003 19:01:19 -0800 |
User-agent: | Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows 98) |
Dan Kegel wrote:
So at the moment, practically speaking, Flash is not evil for the majority of users, but it is for the small minority who use oddball browsers for which Macromedia does not make a Flash plugin. Until Macromedia opens up the standard, which it has no plans to do, Flash will always tend to discourage people fromusing these other browsers.
Having opened my mouth, I decided to check my facts. Turns out there is an open source Flash player: http://www.swift-tools.com/Flash/ So if you test against that player, and your page works, you have some assurance that alternative browsers aren't locked out. I do still have some accessibility qualms about Flash (e.g. for blind users), but I think I've blathered enough about this. - Dan -- Dan Kegel http://www.kegel.com http://counter.li.org/cgi-bin/runscript/display-person.cgi?user=78045
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