Re: [WSG] The correct way of placing a swf file into a XHTML webpage

2008-03-26 Thread Tate Johnson
On 26/03/2008, at 11:30 PM, Steve Green wrote: No it can't. Flash content that is embedded using techniques such as UFO and SWFObject is not visible to screen readers - they don't even know it's there. If the content is important, you need to provide an accessible alternative. If you're going

RE: [WSG] The correct way of placing a swf file into a XHTML webpage

2008-03-26 Thread Steve Green
it is common to hide it off-screen or behind the Flash content. Steve -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dory Sent: 26 March 2008 06:25 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] The correct way of placing a swf file into a XHTML web

Re: [WSG] The correct way of placing a swf file into a XHTML webpage

2008-03-25 Thread Dory
Thank you-- It looks like we are going with the SWFObject 2.0 static method. The http://www.alistapart.com/articles/flashsatay article was also helpful in that it explained the process. Do you know if the alternative content can be picked up by a text reader? Thank you, Dory On Mon, Mar 24, 20

Re: [WSG] The correct way of placing a swf file into a XHTML webpage

2008-03-24 Thread Melissa Forrest
use javascript to insert the flash, which will also auto activate the flash in IE and do some flash player detection something like swfobject would do the trick http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/ On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 4:09 PM, Mahendran Venkatesan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Dory, > > You

Re: [WSG] The correct way of placing a swf file into a XHTML webpage

2008-03-24 Thread Mahendran Venkatesan
Hi Dory, You can use '*object*' tag for embedding flash files. Refer this link: http://www.alistapart.com/articles/flashsatay Thanks! Venkatesan M On 3/25/08, Dory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > I am currently working on a site that has a small flash file for > decorative purposes.

[WSG] The correct way of placing a swf file into a XHTML webpage

2008-03-24 Thread Dory
Hello, I am currently working on a site that has a small flash file for decorative purposes. I inherited the site and want to make it web standards compliant. The problem: the XHTML code in the site is using the embed tag for the flash. Is there a way to place swf files into a XHTML webpage that w