Very happy it is. Love coding in html 5
> On 15/04/2015, at 3:20 pm, Sean Murphy <mhysnm1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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 >>>> <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries >>>> <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >>>> <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 >> <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries >> <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <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 > <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries > <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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