Don't use placeholders
Problem
Placeholders have a variety of problems: accessibility, cognition, hierarchy, and recall. Here are some articles that talk about them and the alternative solutions:
- https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2018/06/placeholder-attribute/
- https://www.nngroup.com/articles/form-design-placeholders/
Solution
Pattern checklist
Make sure these are completed before closing the issue, with a link to the relevant commit, if applicable.
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Add an agenda item to the next UX weekly call to inform everyone (if it's a new pattern, not yet used in the application).