really shouldnt be using <embed> anyways try this, xhtml compliant as well, not to mention less code
<!-- insert flash swf to be compliant --> <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="movie.swf" width="500" height="500"> <param name="movie" value="movie.swf" /> </object> ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Jochem van Dieten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2004 00:14:17 +0100 >Adrocknaphobia wrote: >> I hate to break it to you but with 90%+ market share... IE is the >> standard... regardless of what the W3C has to say about it. > >The law has more power as a de facto standard. In the EU >directive 2000/78/EC mandates accessibility for more then just >government sites. >In Germany the "Bundesgleichstellungsgesetz für Behinderte" >mandates WCAG 1.0 Priority 1 and 2 for every new government site, >and all existing sites have to be retrofitted within the next >year. (Yes Macromedia, this means no Flash RIA's, because they >use <embed> and embed does not conform to HTML which is a >requirement under WCAG 1.0 Priority 2. It has finally happened, >Flash RIA's are illegal.) >My favourite example though is the UK. The DDA, Code of Practice >III makes accessibility mandatory for commercial sites. Yes, >accessibility all the way, an explicit example from the code of >practise is the requirement to make a travel reservation site >accessible for people with special user agents (screen reader etc.). > > >Like it or not, W3C standards are comming your way. Use that >knowledge now to win clients by explicitly stating conformance in >tender bids, because soon everybody else will jump on the >conformance bandwagon and you will need to find another >competitive edge. > >Jochem > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Silver Sponsor - New Atlanta http://www.newatlanta.com Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:186584 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
