Comments on: Flash buttons http://nickcowie.com/2006/flash-buttons/ Web standards, accessibility and such like with a bias toward Government web sites Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:58:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: RE Mogul http://nickcowie.com/2006/flash-buttons/#comment-37047 RE Mogul Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:41:29 +0000 http://nickcowie.com/2006/flash-buttons/#comment-37047 Scripting capability beyond the button element! But can flash create buttons that can be read by robots? Embracing the Screen-Reader would be: Applaudable & Just! Scripting capability beyond the button element!

But can flash create buttons that can be read by robots?

Embracing the Screen-Reader would be: Applaudable & Just!

]]> By: Sone http://nickcowie.com/2006/flash-buttons/#comment-1827 Sone Thu, 31 Aug 2006 22:57:20 +0000 http://nickcowie.com/2006/flash-buttons/#comment-1827 1st of all, how much does it suck that when i roll over your (horrible, non-button looking) flash animation, the cursor does not change to the lil hand that 98.9% of users recognize as a link. <ins>Nick ― except it is a button for submitting forms not a link</ins> Why Flash only for buttons? I'm so tired of usability evangelists talking bad about Flash. Full Flash animated websites have a great reason for existing on the web. <ins>Nick ― Except for full flash sites you can’t see the content if you work for a certain government department or use a phone or Linux 64 bit machine to access the web. Not everybody accesses the web the same way as you</ins> <ins>Nick ― plus there are very few people capable of creating accessible Flash content</ins> they do everything that html css and even AJAX cannot do... besides not all AJAX is up to standards. and why is it that alot of these usability guys have such ugly websites >cough why do usability guy’s websites never validate??? yours has 8 errors.. <ins>Nick ― actually it is only five errors on this page and that is a small bug in WordPress comments script and me a usability guy?<ins> 1st of all, how much does it suck that when i roll over your (horrible, non-button looking) flash animation, the cursor does not change to the lil hand that 98.9% of users recognize as a link.
Nick ― except it is a button for submitting forms not a link
Why Flash only for buttons? I’m so tired of usability evangelists talking bad about Flash. Full Flash animated websites have a great reason for existing on the web.
Nick ― Except for full flash sites you can’t see the content if you work for a certain government department or use a phone or Linux 64 bit machine to access the web. Not everybody accesses the web the same way as you
Nick ― plus there are very few people capable of creating accessible Flash content
they do everything that html css and even AJAX cannot do…
besides not all AJAX is up to standards.

and why is it that alot of these usability guys have such ugly websites >cough

why do usability guy’s websites never validate???

yours has 8 errors..
Nick ― actually it is only five errors on this page and that is a small bug in WordPress comments script and me a usability guy?

]]> By: Kay Smoljak http://nickcowie.com/2006/flash-buttons/#comment-320 Kay Smoljak Sun, 09 Apr 2006 09:37:19 +0000 http://nickcowie.com/2006/flash-buttons/#comment-320 I'm a bit late here, sorry, still catching up on all my feeds. Flash with proper accessible alternate content should work for every single person in the known universe. I'm just excited by the possibilities. And a vector-based flash movie will be much smaller in file size than an enquivalent JPG which is large enough to look good when resized. And hell, it's just cool. I’m a bit late here, sorry, still catching up on all my feeds. Flash with proper accessible alternate content should work for every single person in the known universe. I’m just excited by the possibilities. And a vector-based flash movie will be much smaller in file size than an enquivalent JPG which is large enough to look good when resized.

And hell, it’s just cool.

]]> By: nick http://nickcowie.com/2006/flash-buttons/#comment-311 nick Fri, 31 Mar 2006 05:54:31 +0000 http://nickcowie.com/2006/flash-buttons/#comment-311 Miles, I would use something like Geoff Stearns’ <a href="http://blog.deconcept.com/flashobject/">Flash Object javascript</a> to replace a static background image with the flash animation. I would also make sure the button made sense for a user, without flash and with images turned off. (ie no white text on a white background, that does occur here). Miles, I would use something like Geoff Stearns’ Flash Object javascript to replace a static background image with the flash animation. I would also make sure the button made sense for a user, without flash and with images turned off. (ie no white text on a white background, that does occur here).

]]> By: Miles Burke http://nickcowie.com/2006/flash-buttons/#comment-310 Miles Burke Fri, 31 Mar 2006 05:28:33 +0000 http://nickcowie.com/2006/flash-buttons/#comment-310 I still reckon flash for such an important element of a page makes me feel dirty. Kay will no doubt roll out 5 websites next week using it, but not me. I still reckon flash for such an important element of a page makes me feel dirty. Kay will no doubt roll out 5 websites next week using it, but not me.

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