Chris Kennon wrote:
It appears that a bid may be lost due to a client insisting on FLASH
being used for navigation. The concern from this end is if FLASH is not
installed or broken the entire site is DOA (Dead On Arrival). With the
use of the object tag is it possible to include an alternate <ul>
navigation, should FLASH fail?
Well yes, that's the whole point of the object element...anything inside
it represents a fallback for when the object itself can't be rendered
http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/objects.html#h-13.3.1
I'd be more concerned, however, about the accessibility implications
when the flash *doesn't* fail, but it nonetheless not navigable by
keyboard (or, for instance, swallows the browser's focus/tab) or not
exposed to any screen reader or other assistive technology.
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Patrick H. Lauke
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