Hi Andreas, not sure about the article, but we do recommend to our clients that they not use default place holding cahracters. from what i have read on the various accessibility lists, it appears that it is pretty safe to say that the checkpoint is no longer relevant. but i may be wrong..............
some relevant list discussions Paul Bohman from webaim was saying its no longer needed back in 02' http://www.webaim.org/discussion/mail_message.php?id=2113 Updating specs and tools Re: place-holding characters in edit/text boxes: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ig/2003JulSep/0399.html with regards Steven Faulkner Web Accessibility Consultant National Information & Library Service (NILS) 454 Glenferrie Road Kooyong Victoria 3144 Phone: (613) 9864 9281 Fax: (613) 9864 9210 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] National Information Library Service A subsidiary of RBS.RVIB.VAF Ltd. ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
