Accessibility

• Computers: Internet: Web Design and Development: Accessibility  (162)

Adobe: Best Practices for Accessible Flash Design - Detailed white paper exporing potential problems and solutions for disabled users.

Adobe: Developing Flash Web Sites Using Progressive Enhancement - Definition and detailed explanation of the web development technique known as progressive enhancement (PE), and best practices for creating accessible Flash web sites with PE.

Adobe: Flash Accessibility - Design techniques and developer resources for making accessible content in Adobe Flash 8.

Adobe: Flash Accessibility Blog - Official weblog offering news and information about Flash accessibility issues.

Adobe: Flash CS3 Professional Accessibility - Adobe's portal for professional Flash accessibility includes white papers, design guidelines, and FAQs.

BBC Flash Accessibility Standards - Internal guidelines for creating Flash accessible content from the BBC.

Flash Accessibility and Usability - Jakob Nielsen's summary of the Nielsen Norman Group's 2002 report on Flash accessibility describes five issues related to Flash and Usability.

Flash and Search Engine Accessibility - Describes techniques on how to make Flash content accessible through Flash accessibility programming.

Making Flash Accessible - Outlines the problem of Flash Accessibility as it relates to Web Usability. Contains best practices, tools and links.

Multimedia Accessibility - Flash and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines - Paper by Sofia Celic and Andrew Arch describing the application of WCAG checkpoints to the Flash MX multimedia development platform, and how accessibility can be incorporated using a variety of techniques.

RNIB Case Study: JK Rowling Flash Website - Provides an overview of the key issues that needed to be tackled in order to make the site as accessible as possible.

WebAIM: Creating Accessible Macromedia Flash Content - Overview of issues and assistive technology support, together with techniques for ensuring content and behaviour is as accessible as possible.