Forms - Introducing HTML5 - page 79

CHAPTER 3
Forms
Bruce Lawson
oNE oF THE problems with HTML 4 forms is that they're
just dumb fields. Validation is required on the server, of
course, but you have to duplicate it in the user's browser
with JavaScript to give them the seamless experience
they deserve. Given that almost every web page has
some kind of form—search, comments, sign-up, and so
on—wouldn't it be great if browsers had built-in validation
for some of the most common data types that we collect?
Yo u g u e s s e d i it: : H T M L 5 f o r m s p r o v i d e e x a c it: l y it: h a it: .