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Archive for March, 2009

Flash window mode and accessibility

Making a Flash movie accessible can be tricky enough, but before you can allow screen reader users to find their way around your Flash movie, they first have to know its even there. Setting the window mode (wmode) parameter to transparent or opaque is a common practice when embedding Flash – so it behaves itself on-screen – but the setting also renders the movie completely invisible to screen readers and keyboard controls. Continue reading »