- From: P.H.Lauke <P.H.Lauke@salford.ac.uk>
- Date: 2 Sep 2003 16:04:43 +0100
- To: "wai-ig list" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
> I can at least attest that a space would probably not help. > In fact, what > worked was explicit text that said, "Type your information here." But again, that works on a technical level, but from a usability point of view it's dreadful, as users have to delete the lengthy placeholder text. Imagine a long form with 10-20 input fields, all with this type of placeholder text. Maybe this will make me sound discriminatory, but...is it worth accommodating for what is obviously a bug in very old (>6 years ?) technology at the detriment of usability for the majority of users ? Or maybe I'm just being polemic... Patrick ________________________________ Patrick H. Lauke Webmaster / University of Salford http://www.salford.ac.uk
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