Re: [orca-list] bug with this bbc site:

[kendell clark <coffeekingms gmail com>]

hi
If bbc requires flash, than you definitely should install it, it's
called flashplugin in the arch repos, including sonar. That being said,
it definitely is not shipped by default. Not only because it's non free,
but because personally kyle and I have no use for it and refuse to
encourage it's use. That being said, I think bbc uses html5. If you're
used to windows, nvda can occasionally read flash videos in an embedded
player using proprietary adobe accessibility type libraries available
only on, you guessed it, windows, so orca can't simply add this support.
This means that orca can't read these controlls. To be honest though, in
practice, almost never are these things accessible, and when they are
accessible, they often break, at which point they can't get fixed
because the offending site, naturally, knows nothing about how
accessibility works. Back on topic, what should happen is that the bbc
uses html5, which will work on any platform, with any browser. Those
controlls are nearly always accessible, and don't require any
proprietary bits to make work. I don't think they do though, which isn't
helpful.
Thanks
Kendell clark


On 10/18/2015 06:20 AM, Tony Baechler wrote:
> On 10/18/2015 3:36 AM, Majid Hussain wrote:
> > i'm using orca master on sonar mate.
> > stepps to reproduce,
> > 1.
> > go to
> > http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p034162z
> > 2.
> > when the page has loaded, try to navigate to the imbedded media player.
> > 3.
> > what should happen,
> > orca should present the buttons of the player.
> > what it does,
> > orca says blank
> > instead of the controlls.
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I know this seems obvious and I apologize if this is unhelpful, but have
> you installed Flash?  I know there were some major security issues with
> Flash on all platforms and I think Flash support on Linux is not great. 
> I believe Sonar only ships free software which Flash definitely isn't,
> so I would guess that Flash is not included.  I don't use Sonar, so
> someone correct me if I'm wrong.  Without Flash, the BBC site won't work
> and it would make sense for Orca not to display the player since it
> requires Flash.  If you do have Flash installed, please disregard as you
> probably did find an Orca bug.
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