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[Rodney Dawes <1582309@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

** Changed in: ubuntuone-credentials (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: Rodney Dawes (dobey) => (unassigned)

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Title:
  Example e-mail address is pointless

Status in pay-service package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in ubuntuone-credentials package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Ubuntu 15.04 r323

  0. Remove your Ubuntu One account if you have one set up already.
  1. In System Settings, choose “Accounts” > “Ubuntu One”.

  What you see: A dialog with an e-mail address field containing placeholder text:
  “example: user@xxxxxxxxxx”

  What you should see: No such placeholder text.

  Placeholder text is a bad idea in general, because it’s easily confused with actual field contents, because you can’t check it once you’ve entered anything, and because it can make the field look disabled.
  <https://www.nngroup.com/articles/form-design-placeholders/>
  <http://baymard.com/blog/mobile-forms-avoid-inline-labels>

  And this placeholder text is particularly bad because it doesn’t tell
  anyone anything they don’t already know (nobody will not understand
  what an “e-mail address” is, but become enlightened when they see
  “example: user@xxxxxxxxxx”), and because it’s present only for the
  e-mail address field and not the password field, strengthening the
  impression that it is actual field contents.

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