Agreed! > -----Original Message----- > From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On > Behalf Of Matt Morgan-May > Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 2:50 PM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: # Re: [WSG] Beta Testers Needed for BCAT > > Hi, > > Excuse me for jumping in here, especially (in this case) as a Flash > partisan. But I fail to see how this kind of project can be anything other > than a good thing overall. > > What I don't understand is why people are instantly critical of projects > that are actually attempting to increase access to new technology. I've > heard a constant drumbeat of "don't use Flash: it's inaccessible" in the > years I've been involved in the field. But if we don't have people pushing > that envelope, doesn't that make that statement self-fulfilling prophecy? > There are lots of us out there working on improving the accessibility of > both existing and future content authored in Flash. > > There are many arguments to be made for HTML -- I made loads of them while > working for W3C, all of which I would stand by today -- but it is not all > things to all people. The fact is that many educators have found that they > can use Flash to teach their students effectively. I'm not an educator by > profession, but my wife is, and she prefers Flash over HTML/CSS/JS to > develop her courseware. If you were to tell her she's wrong, especially > before seeing what kind of work she does, I think you'd probably find > yourself dodging a couple shelves' worth of education texts. Telling a > professional their tools are wrong is not the most endearing of approaches. > In my opinion, the best one can do is to learn what they're doing, and offer > ways to make that output more efficient, more inclusive, and easier to > produce. > > Teachers aren't usually web developers, and we shouldn't want them to be. So > I'm all for companies taking on the technical problems so teachers can be > teachers, and so on. > > Thanks, > M > Accessibility Engineer, Adobe > > Christie Mason said: > > Exactly right. I've sadly watched Flash take over eLearning and still > > haven't figured out the attraction, except that it offers the control of PPT > > while appearing to be "rich". There's only a very few types of web sites > > that still use Flash for delivering primary content - media sites, those > > that focus more on "look at me" instead of being a resource to their site > > guests, and eLearning. > > > Since, supposedly, eLearning is about offering web based resources for > > learning it just doesn't make sense to me that it has ignored all the ways > > the web has supported, continues to support, learning w/o using Flash. > > Flash on the web is like cooking with garlic. A little adds depth, a lot is > > inedible. > > > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org > *******************************************************************
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