Will the flash button gracefully degrade if I have an obsolete version of Flash Player, or I use a flash blocker? Can an African schoolkid see it on their OLPC XO? Can a blind person read it with their screen reader or braille terminal? Can I select it using a keyboard or an accessible input device? Can I restyle it in the browser, so it's clear enough for my grandma to read through her cataracts and big enough for her to click on despite her arthritis?<p>Every time you use Flash, you're insulting the dignity of the elderly, the disabled and any number of others. You're saying to users "if you're not a healthy young person on a modern computer with a fast connection, you're a second-class citizen". We shouldn't tolerate it, and in many countries the law doesn't allow us to.<p>HTML works because it works for everyone, not just a fortunate few. This isn't about technology, it's a civil rights issue. No matter how hard Adobe try, Flash accessibility is massively inferior to HTML accessibility. They should be ashamed that they took so long to even begin to address the needs of disabled users and developers using their products should be ashamed for not using the open, standards-compliant, accessible alternative.