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by bdahz 739 days ago
The reasons to escape Flash are the performance and power-consumption issues, rather than accessibility.

If you take browser as a document viewer then accessibility is critical. However if you take browser as a universal application platform, then accessibility is not necessary, right?

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Sorry, I was just raising my question. Because in my country most app maker does not care about accessibility. Now I know.
No? Why shouldn’t apps be accessible?
> However if you take browser as a universal application platform, then accessibility is not necessary, right?

Are you really suggesting that people with disabilities shouldn't be able to use web apps?