It&#39;s not valid XHTML, but what it does is done purely for Safari users.<br><br>According to some sites, the type=&quot;search&quot; turns the input field into the search box that you see beside the addressbar in Safari, that is, visually. Another effect is that there&#39;s history in it too, but I can&#39;t for sure tell how that works as I am not an avid Safari user.<br>
<br><br>I&#39;d recommend applying, say, the search icon using CSS and just change it back to text as that is the more appropriate path to take.<br clear="all">--<br>Thor Marius K.H<br><a href="http://nitrolinken.net">http://nitrolinken.net</a><br>

<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 08:57, A.L.E.C <span dir="ltr">&lt;alec@alec.pl&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I see it&#39;s used in quicksearchbox. Is this really useful? I don&#39;t like<br>
it here.<br>
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