RE: switching pages in a web site to use Silverlight 3 instead of Adobe flash?
- From: "Katherine Moss" <plymouthroamer285@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 00:26:43 -0500
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 <mailto:ofbgmail@xxxxxxxxx>
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 <mailto:plymouthroamer285@xxxxxxxxx>
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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