By default, Flex Builder creates inaccessible SWF files.

Bad decision. This needs to change.

Enabling accessibility features for The GAE SWF Project resulted in an 8KB file size increase in the SWF file. I can live with that. Creating inaccessible SWF files to save a couple of KB is no savings at all.

The Flex accessibility overview page feels woefully outdated and mention Adobe Flash Player 7. We're on 9 now. Let's update these, guys!

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