The reasons are: it makes it easier to tab through inputs without having to read/hear the entire form, and; some assistive technologies can't find form's properly without it. It is a requirement (mostly) for legacy browsers, but I am aware of a recent browser for blind and sight impaired people that parses out labels and leaves only the input field. So without placeholder text forms make absolutely no sense at all.
./tdw
On 4/10/04 5:06 PM, Andreas Boehmer wrote:
Hi guys,
I have got a website (www.jet.org.au) that passes Bobby almost with AAA, with the exception of the default place holders. The reason I do not want to put them into the site is because every page has got a login form at the top. With the default place-holders, the login form would look something like this:
Username: Enter username Password: ************
The password place-holder looks pretty useless and confusing to me. Most users will plain wonder what that is supposed to do, it's not really helpful at all.
So I'd love to hear your opinions on this one? Shall I enter them just to pass the accessibility tests, or leave them out for (in my opinion) better usability? Being so close to AAA and not reaching it is frustrating.
Thanks!
Andreas.
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