possible improvement to our embed code

[deborah]

please forgive me if somebody else is already working on this. I was looking at accessible embedded flash players, and I came across "making video accessible", which talks about, among other things, using SWFObject JavaScript to detect whether or not Flash and/or JavaScript are enabled. If flash is not enabled, the embed is replaced with a link to the object.

I think that would be a huge accessibility win, and it would be one of those accessibility = universal design issues, because I've also seen people who don't have accessibility needs but browse with No Script or an equivalent complain about the way our embeds work.

What other people think? I haven't looked at the embed code at all, and I admit I am incredibly ignorant about the way multimedia works in general.

Comments

[lightgetsin]

Actually, I have never made a DW video embed work at all. It's weird -- the little flash thing with all the terrible buttons never expands when I hit the graphic.

LJ's works for me, though, which is what's really odd.

[deborah]

weird. Do you know if there's a bug filed about this? Because that's pretty strange.

[lightgetsin]

Hrm, I've been meaning to look for a while now. Will check today.

[lightgetsin]

Hmm. If it's in the bug tracker, it's not under an obvious name.