FW: FW: FW: Testing flash techniques

Hi all

Shadi Abou-Zahra suggested that I report this correction to you.  It came about due to some confusion from a member of the WCAG IG who had trouble finding out which version of aDesigner was linked to in the WCAG documents.  Please see below.

Regards

Vivienne Conway

> ________________________________________
> From: Kentarou Fukuda [KENTAROU@jp.ibm.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, 28 August 2012 12:42 AM
> To: Hironobu Takagi
> Cc: Vivienne CONWAY
> Subject: Re: FW: Testing flash techniques
>
> Hi Vivienne,
>
> Thank you so much for letting us know about it!
>
> At first, I apologize for the confusion. I think it is caused by
> aDesigner's history. Here is a rough summary.
>
> ---
>
> 2004:   aDesigner was published at IBM alphaWorks (Free but IBM proprietary.)
>
> 2007:   aDesigner2 that supports Flash evaluation function was published at
> IBM alphaWorks.
>
> 2008:   Eclipse ACTF aDesigner was published. (Open-sourced version of
> aDesigner2. ACTF aDesigner 0.5 is almost equivalent to aDesigner2)
>          At the same time, aDesigner2 was graduated from IBM alphaWorks.
> Further developments and enhancements are performed at Eclipse ACTF
> project.
>
> ---
>
> As you know, aDesigner that supports Flash evaluation is now available from
> Eclipse.org, and its latest version is 1.0. So, if possible, would you
> please ask editors to replace "aDesigner2" with "aDesigner" (or "ACTF
> aDesigner") in the Flash techniques page? If needed, I can post it to
> w3c-wai-ig ML.
>
> BTW, I found that the link to aDesigner in "Resources" section was already
> updated and now it linked to ACTF's download page
> (http://www.eclipse.org/actf/downloads/tools/aDesigner/). Thank you for
> your support for it.
>
> Many thanks,
> Kentarou
> ---
> Kentarou Fukuda, Ph.D.
> IBM Research - Tokyo
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>
>
>
> From:   Hironobu Takagi/Japan/IBM
> To:     Vivienne CONWAY <v.conway@ecu.edu.au>, Kentarou
>              Fukuda/Japan/IBM@IBMJP
> Date:   2012/08/22 18:14
> Subject:        Re: FW: Testing flash techniques
>
>
> Vivienne,
>
> Thank you very much for the information.
> I'm not aware of the discussion.... Let me forward the information to the
> responsible researcher.
>
> Kentarou,
>
> Can you respond to this? Shall I post it to actf dev list?
>
> Thank you.
> Hiro
>
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> Accessibility Research, IBM Research
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>
>
>
>
> From:   Vivienne CONWAY <v.conway@ecu.edu.au>
> To:     Hironobu Takagi/Japan/IBM@IBMJP
> Date:   2012/08/22 17:17
> Subject:        FW: Testing flash techniques
>
>
>
> Hi Hiro
>
> Sorry I haven't corresponded in ages, as you can imagine it has been really
> hectic with my Ph.D. and my business.
>
> I saw this email on the w3c-wai-ig in case you hadn't come across it.
> Would you be kind enough to respond to Jan's questions?  If you respond to
> the group, it might clear up some confusion this may have caused.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> Regards
>
> Vivienne L. Conway, B.IT(Hons), MACS CT, AALIA(cs)
> PhD Candidate & Sessional Lecturer, Edith Cowan University, Perth, W.A.
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> From: Jan Eric Hellbusch [hellbusch@2bweb.de]
> Sent: Monday, 20 August 2012 11:06 PM
> To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
> Subject: Testing flash techniques
>
> Hi all,
>
> in the Adobe Flash techniques at
> http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/WCAG20-TECHS/flash.html
>
> there are references to "aDesigner2" in the testing sections.
>
> After searching for the software with various methods, I was able to find a
> link by translating a Japanese page. Via IBM research I was directed to
> http://www.eclipse.org/actf/downloads/tools/aDesigner/
>
> Now I am wondering why the software was so hard to find. Is there any
> background information on aDesigner? The WCAG techniques refer to
> aDesigner2, but the current version on the page is 1.0 from 2012/06. Is
> there a reason for the different version numbers?
>
> I could put the question differently: What software is suitable for testing
> Flash accessibility (besides a screenreader)?
>
> Regards,
> Jan
>
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Evaluation and Repair Tools Working Group (ERT WG)
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