- From: gregory j. rosmaita <oedipus@hicom.net>
- Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 23:51:29 -0400
- To: <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
aloha, chaals! in your reply to matt's observation that users' can't control the speed of flash presentations, you wrote: CMN: In otherwords, it isn't the technology, it is the author producing particular kinds of content. GJR: please explain how it isn't the technology? no matter what values the author set, the user should (and to conform to UAAG MUST) provide a stop, pause, and slowing mechanism for animations -- the lack thereof constitutes a technological limitation, therefore, does it not? moreover, the author who created the flash object probably didn't set the speed in the first place -- he simply created something using a tool that enables animation, and most likely either let the tool use the default setting or used a graphical user interface widget (such as a virtual slider or knob) to tell the authoring program to speed up or slow down the presentation rate... this is typically the problem with javascripted events -- most people who insert javascript into their pages do _not_ hand code their java -- they rely either on some sort of wizard interface, on pre-canned scripts, or hand-hack the javascript until it does what they want it to do -- at least with their hardware/software array and settings... again, from the user's point of view, these constitute technological limitations... yes, i can open up a GIF or a JPEG with NotePad and add text, but when i resave it, it ceases to function as a binary file... and, unless the common off-the-shelf and/or "download now!" authoring tool implements an RDF cataloging interface, such as that outlined by bert and yves' note, and common off-the-shelf slash "download now!" slash "already on the damn machine" user agents support RDF lookups (or sites spring up providing an intermediary interface), i don't foresee developers -- other than those developing back-end software specifically targeted at the information retrieval industry -- rushing to implement bert and yves' solution, no matter how elegant (and i do think it elegant) gregory. -------------------------------------------------------------------- FRIENDLESS, adj. Having no favors to bestow. Destitute of fortune. Addicted to utterance of truth and common sense. -- Ambrose Bierce, _The Devil's Dictionary_ -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gregory J. Rosmaita, oedipus@hicom.net Camera Obscura: http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/index.html --------------------------------------------------------------------
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