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Eric Bailey takes a hardline position on <input placeholder>.

You might be thinking, as I did: yeah, yeah I know the pitfalls. I’m capable of using placeholder responsibly. But when you look at all the negatives together:

• Can’t be

Andrew Coyle on when to use <input placeholder>:

• Don’t use them as a label
• Don’t use them as a secondary label
• Don’t use them as example input
• Don’t use them as helper text

Which amounts to pretty much: “Don’t …