Re: switching pages in a web site to use Silverlight 3 instead of Adobe flash?
- From: "Jacob Kruger" <jacobk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 08:08:40 +0200
Not really sure since I just include the soundManager script etc. in my pages:
http://blindza.co.za/RTDrums/
http://www.blindza.co.za/noughtsAndCrosses/
While a screenreader will tell you the flash object is there, I don't think
sighted people really see it as such, but I suppose they might still get
security warnings or something sometimes - but I don't really know since this
is really the most I've ever done with regard to flash myself.
Stay well
Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
'...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'
----- Original Message -----
From: Katherine Moss
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, December 10, 2010 7:26 AM
Subject: RE: switching pages in a web site to use Silverlight 3 instead of
Adobe flash?
Thanks. That does sort of apply. But look at my first reason for hating
flash. According to Randy Abrams of Eset LLC, it's "The spy in your computer."
Does the mechanism you specify to hide the flash object also hide any security
holes from being able to become active that the user may be unaware of?
From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jacob Kruger
Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 10:33 PM
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: switching pages in a web site to use Silverlight 3 instead of
Adobe flash?
Not necessarily too relevant, but what I did on my drumming and noughts and
crosses pages was use JQuery to control playback from an embedded/hidden flash
object implemented by a thing called soundManager, and it lets you do things
like set volume, pan stereo, play, pause, etc., and I used it since it sort of
hides the flash object, can preload sound clips, and I used javascript via
JQuery to control sound usage/playback.
Stay well
Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
'...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'
----- Original Message -----
From: RicksPlace
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, December 10, 2010 12:47 AM
Subject: Re: switching pages in a web site to use Silverlight 3 instead of
Adobe flash?
Hi Katherine: I am not sure about just adding a Silverlight Player to a
page. Coding for Silverlight, native code, is done in a subset of WPF which has
not been very accessible in Visual Studio. I don't know how accessible it is in
VS 2010 or any of the other Development Packages that work with Silverlight for
2010 - I think that would be version 3 or so. If you find a canned Silverlight
Player you can encorporate in your page let me know since I would like to do
something like that myself and might even create a little tutorial on the
experience.
Well, That's all I have, sorry it isn't much.
Rick USA
----- Original Message -----
From: Katherine Moss
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 4:47 PM
Subject: switching pages in a web site to use Silverlight 3 instead of
Adobe flash?
Hi guys,
This has been bothering me for quite a while now. I'm certainly no
programmer, not yet at least, and I'll never be one professionally, but I do
enjoy coding to say the least. I'd like to know something. Mojo Portal, the
CMS off of which my web site is based (it's about technology with a primary
focus on accessibility), has some flash elements in it, and I don't really like
that for a number of reasons going in order from most important to least
important:
Flash exhibits many security holes, and I want to protect my users/viewers
Flash is not the most accessible thing in the world for JAWS users
Flash is not a viable option when it's installer is not accessible and
the plugin for Firefox is unstable
I've not heard of a single issue like this with Silverlight. I know that
this may sound strange, but one of my proposals for the web site downloads
page, which is a separate page due to the fact that some of it branches in a
few directions, is to have video/audio live demos of Operating system
functionality, apps, and other related media content. I'd like that to be done
in Silverlight. Any feedback on this would be greatly appreciated. To see the
site, go to www.raeder24.org.
Thanks,
Katherine
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