- From: Cameron McCormack <cam@mcc.id.au>
- Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 11:40:13 +1200
- To: Matt May <mattmay@adobe.com>
- Cc: Silvia Pfeiffer <silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com>, Richard Schwerdtfeger <schwer@us.ibm.com>, Charles McCathieNevile <chaals@opera.com>, Charles Pritchard <chuck@jumis.com>, Cynthia Shelly <cyns@microsoft.com>, david.bolter@gmail.com, Frank.olivier@microsoft.com, "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com>, Mike@w3.org, public-canvas-api@w3.org, public-html@w3.org, public-html-a11y@w3.org
-public-html-a11y-request Hi Matt. Silvia Pfeiffer: > > What about Adobe Flash in this area? Adobe Flash is used for many > > of the same use cases that canvas is used for. Is Flash more > > accessible? How do they do it? Is Flash prohibited because it's not > > accessible? Matt May: > Any shape drawn the a Flash stage (or canvas) can be named, and any > named display object can have an AccessibilityProperties object > associated with it that allows it to be tagged with an accessible > name and description, and other properties including grouping of > child objects (forceSimple), keyboard shortcut, and the ability to > hide it from the DOM. Reading order is handled either explicitly or > algorithmically based on x,y coordinates. > > Further, any display object or sprite can have an > AccessibilityImplementation object which allows MSAA (soon > IAccessible2) roles and states to be applied and managed, and marshals > events through the accessibility API. Using the Flex SDK, application > developers can build sprites from any kind of graphics they choose, > and wire them up to appear to assistive technology in the same manner > as one would expect of an OS-level control. I am not familiar with Flash programming. When you talk about shapes being drawn on the Flash stage (or canvas), is that a retained mode or immediate mode API? If it’s an immediate mode API, would you be able to compare it to the proposal being made here? -- Cameron McCormack ≝ http://mcc.id.au/
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