Hi James, I get it too on IE 5.2, but only for the password field, not the username field. The only difference I can see between the 2 fields is the 'value=""' attribute, so maybe try adding that to the password field and see if it makes any difference.
Kevin On 28/9/04 1:17 PM, "James Ellis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > Looks like it's Mac IE 5 day today... > > Has anyone experienced this before? Mac IE 5.x user hits a page with a > login form. When they tab to the form field and type in their details > two characters appear for every one typed. > If the user clicks in the field with their mouse the problem goes away. > > Here's the markup, pretty standard stuff: > > <fieldset> > <legend> Returning user login</legend> > > <label for="email">Email address > <input class="textfield" name="email" type="text" id="email" value=""> > </label> > <label for="password">Email password > <input class="textfield" name="password" type="password" id="password"> > </label> > > </fieldset> > > You can see it in action at my.spamtrap.net.au (but only duplicated with > the above browser). Validates as HTML 4 Trans. > > Cheers > James > ****************************************************** > The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > > Proud presenters of Web Essentials 04 http://we04.com/ > Web standards, accessibility, inspiration, knowledge > To be held in Sydney, September 30 and October 1, 2004 > > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help > ****************************************************** > > ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ Proud presenters of Web Essentials 04 http://we04.com/ Web standards, accessibility, inspiration, knowledge To be held in Sydney, September 30 and October 1, 2004 See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************