Flash 10, Bad News for JavaScript Interaction
Right now you can use Flash to work around a lot of JavaScript limitations and many products use an invisible Flash movie to batch upload files, play movies in a screenreader accessible manner, automatically add content to the browser clipboard and more.
All of these will cease to work without user interaction in flash as reported on the adobe devnet. It is a real problem that will cease to make Flash a useful tool to patch inaccessible solutions.
As long as you cannot access a Flash movie in non-Internet Explorer browsers via keyboard, there will be no such thing as an accessible flash page. Research findings presented at Scripting Enabled last week showed that many screen reader users skip Flash as soon as they hear that there is a movie on the page, regardless of how much effort you put in to make the movie itself keyboard enabled. DHTML controls worked around that issue with a button that cannot be accessed. It is very secure, but also pointless.
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