[access-uk] Re: Flash VS HTML5
- From: Adrian Higginbotham <adrian.higginbotham@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:47:32 +0100
Hi Amro:
Should be much better as HTML5 means they don’t need to use any proprietory
software such as flash to let visitors play media content. There will just be
media controls right there in the web page. However it will still depend on
them coding correctly.
Broadly it’s positive as they’re getting round the fact that it’s relatively
difficult to code accessible flash compared to accessible html, you need he
right tools etc, however given that there aren’t any web browsers that support
html5 yet, or certainly not stable releases of those that work with
screenreaders, it’s going to be quite some time until they can rely on all
visitors having a browser that supports html5 – look for example at how many
businesses are still using internet explorer 6. In the interim they could lok
at using an already accessible flash player to plug their content in to. They
are freely available.
Best
Adrian Higginbotham
Manager, leading edge research.
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Amro Bilal
Sent: 21 July 2010 12:57
To: Access-UK
Subject: [access-uk] Flash VS HTML5
Hi all, a quick one, is HTML5 any better than standard flash video players in
terms of accessibility?
Only I've emailed a website complaining about their video player not being that
accessible and they wrote back saying that they are switching to HTML5 in the
future, and that should be more accessible to screen reader programs. Damn,
they pot me in the spot! Should I reply saying, well done... I'm looking
forward..., or, HTML5 isn't any better than flash... you need to...? The site
in question is
http://www.livestation.com/
Incidentally, VoiceOver on my iPad can see the play button alright on this
site, while JFW11 on IE8 can't deal with any of the video buttons.
Any hints will be welcomed!
Cheers,
Amro
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