Am Dienstag, den 30.09.2008, 12:04 -0500 schrieb Tab Atkins Jr.: > 4) <label> (moving label textual content into <input> as placeholder > text; currently with Javascript to mutate the DOM, in the future with > CSS to present the desired appearance while keeping the DOM stable) > Pro: Most semantic. Can be pushed site-wide without having to > change page code. Can't break existing content, because it is opt-in > (unless this gets put into browser default stylesheets). Accessible > (if using CSS solution; probably not accessible if DOM mutation is > employed). Degrades well (just stays an ordinary visible label if > browser doesn't support the rule). Wow. I'll now deny ever mentioning @title !
> Con: Most complex solution for implementors. Need to push proposal > through CSS WG, which can be slower than WHATWG. Since it's a purely presentational thing, that seems the way to go ! AFAIK, Development of CSS 3 will continue until 2011. Cheers, Nils
