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Ask HN: Why do modern web forms not have input labels?

2 points by meagher 10y ago

Go to most websites and their forms do not have labels anymore! The placeholder text is the only indication what you're supposed to put in the field.

mosuk 10y ago
Uses less space on the site, and it's much more cleaner that way. Much more customisable I guess.
- meagher 10y ago
  I agree that it's cleaner, but it's not particularly good for usability. Placeholder text is usually a light color and screen readers have no clue what's going on.
redxblood 10y ago
Can you give me an example of a site like this?
- meagher 10y ago
  * GitHub's signup on home page (https://github.com/ https://github.com/) * Stripe's login page (https://dashboard.stripe.com/login https://dashboard.stripe.com/login) * DigitalOcean's login page (https://cloud.digitalocean.com/login https://cloud.digitalocean.com/login) * Many, many more