Flash, DHTML Menus and Accessibility
“It’s not uncommon to hear developers complaining that their DHTML menus, when triggered, have dropped behind the Flash movie below them. It’s also not uncommon to hear, “that’s just how they work.” Before Flash Player 6, that was true in many browsers. But nowadays, it’s become urban legend. With Flash Player 6, Macromedia introduced windowless mode for Netscape and Mac OS X (previously it was supported only for Windows). In the process, this also gave developers a way to completely hide Flash from older screen readers and the issues they can have with it. In fact, when Flash is purely used as eye candy, it’s wise to remove it from the flow of the screen reader’s page so that they don’t have to listen to Flash without a purpose.” - Stephanie Sullivan

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