This post has been updated to reflect a CSS-only approach without the use of the placeholder attribute on input elements. There’s been plenty of discussion in recent months regarding accessibility as it relates to the use of labels, which I think is great. Web designers and developers should treat accessibility...

Icon fonts have become a widely-adopted visual asset on the web today and continue to grow in popularity. When your web page downloads resources — e.g., from a content delivery network (CDN) — you need to know if the HTTP request returned the files you requested. This is important whether...