Flash is on the way out, HTML5 is replacing it.
> On 15 Apr 2015, at 2:10 pm, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries > <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > Interesting twist. Of course I would guess you would have to show that you > really did experience harm from their problematic updater rather than just > the potential of harm. I just tried doing the updater by downloading it from > the Adobe Flash web site and it seemed somewhat usable. It downloads as a > disk image, I open that up and find the updater app, open that up and it asks > about how to handle future updates with a couple unlabeled radio buttons but > the descriptive text is to the right of each one. So I pick one and continue > and after a bit it finished. You do have to quit Safari or the updater will > complain and stop. Of course once it's installed it still doesn't make the > content generated by Flash accessible. This was on OSX 10.10.3. > > CB > > On 4/14/15 11:48 PM, Yuma Decaux wrote: >> Even if the technology may put your computer at risk for data theft because >> as a screen reader user, you can’t access the updater through it’s >> application? >> >> >>> On 15/04/2015, at 1:41 pm, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries >>> <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hmm, usually the web lawsuits I've read revolve around lack of access to a >>> particular service or product and not around a particular technology. So if >>> the Target or United Airlines web site was inaccessible because of using >>> Flash, that would put those companies on the hook for choosing their >>> internet technology poorly, not Adobe. Not sure outside the states but I >>> think US private sector doesn't have a requirement to make any old web >>> site/technology accessible although the circuit courts are split on whether >>> the ADA applies or not. Two cases were dismissed in the 9th circuit on >>> April 1st (Netflix and Ebay) because neither company has a physical place. >>> I think that's too narrow but I'm not a lawyer. >>> >>> CB >>> >>> On 4/14/15 8:46 PM, Yuma Decaux wrote: >>>> Hi All, >>>> >>>> I was doing some house cleaning and saw a flash player image opened in my >>>> disk utility. I wondered what the hell the flash player image was doing >>>> there, though I hadn’t opened a disk image for a year or so. Then I >>>> checked whether the updater was accessible. No go. There are several >>>> critical updates since I last installed it, not knowing where or which >>>> site incorporates flash. However, I’ve installed a plugin to deny flash >>>> any playing since it’s just not accessible. >>>> >>>> Then I started turning wheels in my head and thought maybe a good way to >>>> get adobe to make their flash accessible, or at least their setup/update >>>> interface is to sue them for no accessibility, on the ground that screen >>>> reader users cannot access the critical updates through the alerts we are >>>> given when they are available. This may put computers at risk etc etc, but >>>> the point is not to make money (which i doubt in any perspective is >>>> possible on such a case) but to spotlight the fact that they have NOT made >>>> their flash component accessible, or any other as a matter of fact. >>>> >>>> I know flash is in decline, but it still exists around. And I don’t want >>>> my system to be unsecure through an opening I have no control of, due to >>>> its inaccessibility. >>>> >>>> Open to discussion >>>> >>>> Best regards, >>>> >>>> >>> -- >>> ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
