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Re: Placeholder instead of explicit label?

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From: Jennifer Sutton
Date: Jan 5, 2015 8:32AM


Greetings:

Here are a couple of articles about placeholders that you may find helpful:

Placeholder Attribute Is Not A Label! Web Axe
:
http://www.webaxe.org/placeholder-attribute-is-not-a-label/

and
Placeholders in Form Fields Are Harmful
http://www.nngroup.com/articles/form-design-placeholders/

Jennifer