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Re:Chrome breaks the Web by pathseeker on Monday November 06, 2017 @03:13PM (#15638642)
>Either googles solution is better or its not.

No, it's better for users who read the auto-filled boxes to make sure they are sane (which is what I do). It's not good for users that don't understand what auto-fill is (i.e. they think the website is suggesting it to them).

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Re:Chrome breaks the Web by hinkley on Monday November 06, 2017 @03:41PM (#15638823)
Or people staring at a form that is two screens long...

Easy to miss things.

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Re:Chrome breaks the Web by crottypeter on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @04:13AM (#15641940)
Or people unlucky enough to land on a site that has adopted "in-field labels".

Once those autofill, it's anyone's guess whether you have put the right data in.

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