Yellow Inputs

Not so long ago, I decided to follow some advice I found somewhere that people like their textfields to have a slightly tinted yellow background to make a visual break with the other white space (I imagine this wouldn't be the case with non-white backgrounds). So I did it and to my chagrin, I probably got more positive comments about that change than any other one change I've ever made to the site (at least from co-workers).

Anyway, I just ran across an article that provided a bit of useful info

...be careful about using a light text colour for text with input boxes. More and more Internet users are using the Google Toolbar which fills in online forms for you. Whenever a form appears it automatically turns the background colour of input boxes to yellow - if you've specified white text it would be virtually impossible for your site visitors with this toolbar installed to see what they're writing when completing the form.

Changes caused by possible applications are just one more variable in the endless web design game.