Adobe is also moving away from flash on android and other mobile platforms, hopefully web developers will get rid of flash and move to html 5, that's the real solution here. On Jul 13, 2012, at 12:04 AM, Bryan Jones wrote:
> Hi Folks, > > I guess this comes as no surprise, but it seems the folks at Adobe have > decided not to make FLash Player accessible on the Mac after all. Adobe made > a big deal back in March of 2010 when they announced their intention to make > Flash Player accessible on Mac, Linux & Windows. The promise has gone > unfulfilled on the Mac and this evening an Adobe representative posted the > following as part of a reply to a blog comment: > > <Begin quote from Adobe representative> > "As far as the accessible version of the Flash Player for the Mac, we > announced at CSUN about a change in focus for the Flash Player – the Flash > Player focus is on casual gaming and video – and the current guidance is to > use native controls rather than embedding them within the Flash Player. As a > result, the plan to deliver a Flash Player for the Mac with accessibility > support was suspended." > <End quote from Adobe representative> > > I guess the silver lining here is the fact that Adobe mentions "native > controls" which I hope means something potentially more accessible. > > Link to the full blog post, which is not specifically addressing Flash > Player. The quote comes from the comments section. > http://blogs.adobe.com/accessibility/2012/06/ruling-on-accessibility-and-the-ada.html#comments > > Link to Adobe's March 2010 post announcig the "good news" about forthcoming > Flash accessibility: > http://blogs.adobe.com/accessibility/2010/03/flash_player_and_flex_support.html > > Bryan > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > mac-access@mac-access.net > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
