[Lancaster] Question - Lancaster Linux User Group Meeting at

[Martyn Welch]

On Wednesday 09 August 2006 23:55, sam wrote:
> I am looking for info about Linux, Long term, right now i need some
> Flash and Fireworks (or are there are Better Linux equivalents  ?
> )training any ideas for courses or better still Tutors ?
>

Hi Sam,

As others have said - Flash and Linux don't mix overly well. As far as I know, 
their is no problem with hosting flash-riddled sites on Apache (a web-server 
which can run on Linux), just creating and sometimes viewing them. The 
closest open source/open standards equivalent I know of is to use SVG [1].

As a fan of open standards, I find anything to be better than Flash. I've been 
reading mail out of order, it seems that you are interested in disabled 
access, from what I know, Flash is terrible for Disability Access to websites 
[2]. Standard webpages, written and verified as standards compliant[3] are 
the way to go as far as I'm concerned.

Hope this helps,

Martyn

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scalable_Vector_Graphics
[2] http://www.skillsforaccess.org.uk/howto.php?id=101
[3] http://www.w3.org/
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Martyn Welch (martyn at welchs.me.uk)

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