Every time I decide it's finally time to use HTML5 native inputs like `<input type="date">` instead of JS-datepickers, I stumble on so many problems. No "place

Every time I decide it's finally time to use HTML5 native inputs like `<input type="date">` instead of JS-datepickers, I stumble on so many problems. No "placeholder" attribute support, no "show picker on focus" functionality, etc. You end up including so many JS/CSS hacks and workarounds that you're back to having a huge datepicker.js file.