The Gov.UK Design System team have discovered that using the HTML element <input type="number"> creates some surprising problems in certain environments.
Some of the limitations in assistive technologies such as Dragon Naturally Speaking are disappointing but unsurprising.
But Chrome deciding to convert large numbers to exponential notation is rather more eyebrow-raising. Then there is Safari adding commas to long numbers that are in fact credit card numbers. You have to wonder about some of the decision-making among browser vendors.
[…] on from Gov.UK’s revelation about , Dave Rupert has compiled a list of other bits of HTML that can […]