Today I Learned - Rocky Kev

TIL that you shouldn't use Placeholders as inputs

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TAGS: accessibility ux html

Placeholder texts aren't labels.
They are tiny support element to a label.

They make the fields lack clarity when they’ve been answered.

Via Adam Silver: https://adamsilver.io/blog/placeholders-are-problematic/

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