Does anyone have research to point to regarding the practice of placing instructional text in a field that is meant for user input?
For example, on a site like http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ you see "Google custom search" inside the search field; or http://www.adobe.com/ writes "Search Adobe.com" inside theirs. I have read articles stating that this can depress overall usage of an input field, as some users become "blind" to the field if it is not empty, but can't find any now that I need them. Also, what about the use of colored input fields? Do non-white text boxes perform less well than standard white HTML input fields? ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
