> Flash actually is searchable.
Hmm. Does it have to be a specific version of flash, built a specific way? Just thinking of claims that "flash is accessible", which actually means "flash mx can be accessible if the developer really knows what they are doing; and the user knows how to use it, has the latest plugin and doesn't have flash disabled".
If your site is entirely Flash, it _is_ a good idea to have an (X)HTML-based alternative for those who don't have, or won't install, the plug-in (the number of which is declining daily).
The flip side is that an increasing number of users now disable/selectively enable Flash content. Opera and Firefox both have easy ways to control plugins; and now that Flash ads are the new popups, people are motivated to disable Flash. As you can probably guess, I'm one of those people :)
It's amazing how many sites have absolutely no content at all when Flash is disabled - not even a "turn flash on" message.
We do use MX2004 here. But to be honest, without even trying, we were able to tab to every link on our site. No special knowledge or coding.
FWIW, we check and redirect to an XHTML site if the user is without the Flash plugin.
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