Posted by kchayka on 05/17/05 19:36

Gazza wrote:
>
> A quick check using WebXact shows the error as not providing default
> text in your form elements. This is trivial to do, and you could use
> JavaScript to remove the default text onfocus.

No, please. This is one of those WAI checkpoints that may have been a
good idea when the guidelines were first published, but has become
outdated and shouldn't be done any more. Remember that WCAG 1.0 is more
than 5 years old, and a number of checkpoints specifically state "until
UAs do such-and-such...". These days, most UAs probably do
such-and-such, and probably do it better than with the HTML trickery
recommended by WCAG 1.0.

A lot has changed since the guidelines were originally published. Don't
put something in just because it's on the checklist. Do it because it
makes sense to do so.

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