Hi to all.

Lisa, to answer your 2nd question first, I'd hazard a guess that the system Netflix is using is proprietary--owned by someone--and Amazon.com doesn't want to pay the freight.

Second, with regard to the Flash player, I have found that playing with the flash buttons on any given site will get me the information I want.  A lot of radio stations and others like streaming through Flash, because you can't record from it--and the recording and movie industries have made a much bigger stink (and have poured in many more dollars) than we as blind people ever could with our concerns.

Ted Chittenden


---- Lisa McManus <[log in to unmask]> wrote: 
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> Hi all,
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> I guess it was I recently who brought up the issue of inaccessible websites.  I had talked about HSN sending me an email message to enter a contest, but I couldn't because it wanted me to look at the characters on the screen and enter them and that was impossible.  
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> I understand everyone's different points of view on the issue.  I told them about it and they either couldn't or didn't want to understand my problem.  I understand there are going to be some inaccessible sites and you just have to accept it.  In my case it was not an issue of not being computer savy.  
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> In this instance it was more a bother because of their attitude about it that bothered me.  It was very obvious that I was an annoyance.  I am a believer in the customer coming first, but obviously that is not the way of the world any more.  I know it was more likely that I get struck by lightning than win the contest, but they were totally unwilling for them to enter my information for me.  
> 
> Not that long ago I wanted to pay to watch things from amazon.com, but couldn't because they use a flash player and you can not see the buttons that say play and things like that so you have to pay more and order the thing on dvd. This is like a video on demand thing.  I sent them an email about making it accessible, but they only said that they were sorry.  I haven't heard anything from them since.  Lighthouse Catholic media.com also uses flash so these things are not a problem for me due to not really knowing how to navigate around and things.  When I find a site that is inaccessible like that when there was something I really wanted I may pout for a little while and then chalk it up to that is the way life is and forget about it because there is nothing else I can do.  
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> Well, I guess that is all for now.  I subscribe to Netflicks and their site is totally accessible to click on things and watch so why can't amazon use the same method.  Take care.  
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> Lisa
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