Posted by Chaddy2222 on 01/08/06 11:48

Nemesis wrote:

> On Fri, 6 Jan 2006 21:59:17 -0500, "Otto Bahn"
> <GoAheadKissMyAss@Blew.Devels.com> with the help of a thousand monkeys
> banging on keyboards, was finally able to type out the following:
>
> >""The Tactician" Luke Michaels" <benserwa@gmail.com> wrote
> >
> >>>>website in Flash is alright if you don't have a lot to say, text-wise, and just want to present multimedia, or if
> >>>>your primary goal is for the website to be dynamic, eye-catching, and attention-grabbing. The people who can't see
> >>>>your site probably can't see that kind of multimedia anyway or don't care.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I run into a lot of websites that are primarily about music and have
> >>> Flash-only navigation. Blind people have as much interest in music as
> >>> the rest of us, don't you think? Probably more, I would guess.
> >>
> >> Fair enough.
> >
> >I don't think stereotyping blind people is very fair.
Well. I think it's a fair point. Blind people (such as myself) do have
an interest in music and are disadvantaged a bit by such music sites
with Flash Navigation.
But, music sites do fall in that catigry where it is ok too use items
such as Flash as they are art type sites after all.
I mean, I don't think a music site would look quite write in plain
text.
But I think if the designers used good quality alt text then the
graphical site could still be useable for those of us useing screne
readers.
--
Regards Chad. http://freewebdesign.cjb.cc

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