- From: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 21:31:32 -0400 (EDT)
- To: Graham Oliver <graham_oliver@yahoo.com>
- cc: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Hi Graham, the rationale for this one was that there were assistive technology and browser combinations that would skip over empty form controls. I am not certain, but I believe that this is no longer an issue. I will ask the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines group to address this question as fast as possible. cheers Charles McCN On Thu, 31 May 2001, Graham Oliver wrote: Checkpoint 10.4 states 'Until user agents handle empty controls correctly, include default, place-holding characters in edit boxes and text areas.' Can anyone give me an indication of the usability consequences of not putting defaults into edit boxes.
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