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Since I have been doing a heap of web/html dev lately, I’ve taken to noticing things. Today, on MacWorld, I noticed this:

Clicking in the search box results in:

So, there is an image in the placeholder. This is very neat!

Unfortunately, it appears this might not be a part of the HTML5 spec, but is done using JavaScript.

I don’t know if this is new or not, but I haven’t noticed it before. My normal workflow for Keychain.app and finding a forgotten password (ie, my Twitter one to put into a new app) is to open the password entry, and copy the value.

Today, I noticed a Copy button at the bottom of the window:

This still requires you to enter your keychain password to authorise the copy, but saves a step or two.