Another thing: if( 'placeholder' in referencetoInput ){ ... }
can be used for feature detection, else a javascript fallback could be supplied as the later is the common case. On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 6:27 PM, Aaron Boodman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 10:05 AM, Kristof Zelechovski > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Please. This thread is not abort how to write JavaScript code in general. >> It is about how to write the feature detection code. This kind of code >> should be especially robust and relying on deprecated features does not make >> it more so. > > Ok, let's separate out the 'how people should program' part from the > 'what we will support part'. My opinion is that input.placeholder > should be supported, because it is consistent with how everything else > works. > > I don't think that most web developers even know that accessing > attributes as properties is deprecated, and would be surprised that > setting input.placeholder does nothing. > > - a >