Flash and 508
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- abba_cadaver
Anyone ever built a full flash site that was 508 compliant. Did you have to attach outside text files? Did you have to make a lot of comprimises? How much longer did it take you? Any and all information on this will get you into heaven.
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- heavyt0
here is what i know(although i have ever done it myself):
flash MX helps a lot by allowign content magnification, mouse free nav, ability to create text equivilants, ability to specify tab-order for buttons.
you need to make sure that there is no strobing, colour cant be required to navigate (ie. you cant say"click the red button" or make colour changing the only way to discern links.)
include a clear link to the required plug-in with alt tag.i reccomend 2 books.
1. building accessible web sites, by Joe clark2. constructing accessible websites, from Glasshaus.
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- jkosoy0
I haven't specifically even looked into the exact 508 compliance specifications (I'm reading them now), but it seems like Flash is a perfect candidate to do so.
The general concepts as I understand it are:
1) No rolling navigation. Build the nav in a way that user's can understand quickly and easily.
2) Keep one color scheme consistant throughout. Color code consistantly.
3) No blinking text.
4) Create a text only version of the site.
5) Follow all of Tufte's rules religiously.
and probably the most difficult
6) Provide a method to skip repetetive navigational links.
I think 6 might be countered using keycommands...so if you have 5 sections with 10 subsections, you could set a hot key for each of the subsections...Maybe pushing "1" followed by "3" would open section 1, subsection 3.
For those who are/were 508 clueless like myself, http://www.section508.gov/index.… will give you some information.
- toastie0
alot of people are against flash when it comes to these things, because most visually impared people have the fonts in their browsers set to like %400 percent, and flash naturally doesnt care for these settings.
- abba_cadaver0
I understand alot of people would be against it, But the "site" will be presented on a cd and the guy so i need to use flash or director plus he wants it to "really draw potential candidates in" so he wants alot of movement. Which seems to go against alot of the 508 regulations. So I was hoping to find more specifically someone who has used 508 compliant flash in a non-traditional website manner (ie no left nav, using objects to link sections etc..) Damn Im long winded