Flashy Links — Copyright © Sep 2007-2018 Mike Cherim. Some rights reserved. Validate: XHTML 1.0 | CSS 2.0 
Flash is cool but leaves a lot to be desired when it comes to accessibility. This technique, while certainly not completely perfect and cross-browser stable due to caching and rendering differences, offers a reasonable Flash alternative. One that is accessible.
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