I'm not aware of any specific research on the issue - I know LukeW has covered it briefly on his blog:
http://www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp?687 I'd also be interested if someone has done any research on the topic. Chris On Feb 9, 2010, at 3:13 AM, Maciej Bieganski wrote: > Hi, > > In the company I'm working with a discussion has just been started; > > > TOPIC: Whether placing a labels inside the fields is a good idea or > not. This pattern is spreading recently (i.e. facebook) a lot. > > Personally, I'm not supporting this idea for many reasons > (accessibility, patterns in an eye fixation on form elements etc). > > Though, I'd like to avoid religious debate on this issue and follow > up with some objective studies and/or research. > > Have you analyzed this issue before or seen some interesting > findings? User studies? > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Reply to this thread at ixda.org > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=49165 > > ________________________________________________________________ > 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 ________________________________________________________________ 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