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Re:Labels in input fields aren’t such a good idea by cheezebubba on Monday February 04, 2013 @12:40PM (#5165642)
I wrote an iPhone app with placeholder text, but users kept leaving fields blank, thinking that the app was autofilling them.

Ended up ripping all the placeholder stuff out.

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Re:Labels in input fields aren’t such a good idea by narag on Monday February 04, 2013 @12:46PM (#5165680)
Congrats for realizing and fixing it.

A related problem: Chrome starts with "about:blank". When I start typing, it doesn't go away, so I have to manually select the text before.

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