Re: [orca-list] Why Orca navigation algorithms are not supporting Clickable embedded Adobe flash player objects?

[Kyle <kyle4jesus gmail com>]

Alex, you probably are receiving this twice. I apologize. I sent the 
reply from my phone and realized too late that I needed to change the 
email address to send my reply to the list.

From what I've read, the main problem with Flash accessibility and Orca 
appears to be with the Linux version of Flash itself rather than a 
problem with Orca or Firefox. Therefore, there is little or nothing that 
the Orca devs can do to make it work until, or rather unless Adobe 
decides to do something about the lack of accessibility of their Linux 
Flash player, notwithstanding the fact that Flash accessibility even on 
Windows is dismal at best. For this, as well as other technical reasons, 
I still recommend using open standards, which also avoids forcing users 
of a website into vendor lock-in. Free and open standards are a big win 
for everyone, from developers to end users in general, and especially 
users of the new breed of free and open source assistive technologies 
such as Orca and NVDA.

On the other hand, in my previous email, I did suggest working with the 
Gnash and/or Lightspark devs to make either or both of those free and 
open source Flash replacements accessible to Orca, because I do 
recognize that some web designers are either unwilling or unable, due to 
various circumstances that are likely beyond their control, to present 
their content using free open standards. Whereas there is little or 
nothing that can be done to make the proprietary Flash player work 
correctly on Linux, not to mention making it work with Orca, Lightspark 
and Gnash, being open source, can be easily adapted and improved so that 
while Flash is still being deployed on a regular basis, users of Orca 
will be able to more easily access a majority of Flash content.
~Kyle