Hmmm.  I only thought it was easier because so many people are using it, and I 
was being forced into learning as part of my electronic publishing curriculum.  
 I certainly didn't like it much, and when I was told that's the way things 
were moving, I got fed up with the whole thing.

On May 2, 2010, at 6:25 PM, Scott Howell wrote:

> Ah no. I have friends who are sighted and develop web sites and web 
> applications and trust me they hate flash as well.
> 
> On May 2, 2010, at 7:08 PM, Pete Nalda wrote:
> 
>> Haha!  Yes, good debate for sure.  I actually googled "Flash Being removed 
>> from os X" and did come up with a "fake Steve Jobs Diary" tweet report on 
>> techblips.com.  But no reference as to whether this was really true.  I 
>> think it's a great debate, and something I think few people are willing to 
>> debate, preferring to sweep it under the table.  Flash makes designing 
>> websites with lots of dazzle fairly easy, but I think the Visually Impaired 
>> community are the only ones who hate flash the most because of its' 
>> inaccessibility to screenreaders.
>> 
>> On May 2, 2010, at 4:30 PM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> Hey, I guess that just answered my question. It might just be replaced 
>>> soon, though. Flash is getting old now, and we need a standard that is just 
>>> implemented, doesn't require any third-party plugins to work like Flash 
>>> essentially is, and doesn't crash your shit. That doesn't mean HTML5 can't, 
>>> but at least, we can see what is actually on HTML5 pages and for good 
>>> reason.
>>> 
>>> I just love starting these debates. Oops?
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> Nic
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>>> On May 2, 2010, at 11:24 PM, marie Howarth wrote:
>>> 
>>>> how are you accessing them anyway sarah? Flash content is not visible with 
>>>> VO
>>>> 
>>>> On 2 May 2010, at 22:19, Sarah Alawami wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> but how would twaudio work wiht out flash? you need to hit recording 
>>>>> buttons in order to use it if you wanted to record directly from the 
>>>>> website.
>>>>> On May 2, 2010, at 2:16 PM, Kaare Dehard wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hello, any platform could be argued to be better without flash, it's a 
>>>>>> processor pig, is proprietary, and isn't keeping up according to the 
>>>>>> wisdom of today. From a vo user's point of view, and even ask the 
>>>>>> linux-kids, windows is the only platform where it is marginally 
>>>>>> accessible. Something like html5 and h.264 streamed videos would work 
>>>>>> any and everywhere without a proprietary plug in or so I've been lead to 
>>>>>> believe.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Just my thoughts.
>>>>>> On 2010-05-02, at 5:00 PM, Edward wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Hello 
>>>>>>> I am new to the list and wondering why no flash is good news?  Is vo 
>>>>>>> better
>>>>>>> with other formats of streaming video?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>> Edward
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>>>>>>> [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of marie Howarth
>>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2010 4:55 PM
>>>>>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: Flash removed from OS X?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> really? Where did you hear such great news? ;)
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On 2 May 2010, at 21:28, Nicolai Svendsen wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>         Hi,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>         Whoa, that's like...allout. I'm not sure what to say. Did I 
>>>>>>> expect
>>>>>>> this? No.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>         Well, if no one figured this one out, Flash support is 
>>>>>>> apparently
>>>>>>> being removed from OS X. I thought I'd be the first to post this. I 
>>>>>>> don't
>>>>>>> think anyone else has. Same reasons that were made public in Steve's 
>>>>>>> letter
>>>>>>> on thoughts on Flash.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>         Regards,
>>>>>>>         Nic
>>>>>>>         
>>>>>>>         
>>>>>>>         
>>>>>>>         
>>>>>>>         
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