Index: wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/js/placeholder.js
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--- wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/js/placeholder.js	(revision 0)
+++ wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/js/placeholder.js	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+(function() {
+	var placeholders = [],
+	    inputs = document.getElementsByTagName("input"),
+	    textareas = document.getElementsByTagName("textarea"),
+		i = 0;
+
+	// Get text inputs with a placeholder attribute set
+	for (i = 0 ; i < inputs.length ; i++) {
+		if (null !== inputs[i].getAttribute("type") && "text" === inputs[i].getAttribute("type").toLowerCase() && null !== inputs[i].getAttribute("placeholder") && "" !== inputs[i].getAttribute("placeholder")) {
+			placeholders.push(inputs[i]);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	// Get textareas with a placeholder attribute set
+	for (i = 0 ; i < textareas.length ; i++) {
+		if (null !== textareas[i].getAttribute("placeholder") && "" !== textareas[i].getAttribute("placeholder")) {
+			placeholders.push(textareas[i]);
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Show placeholders
+	for (i = 0 ; i < placeholders.length ; i++) {
+		if (null === placeholders[i].getAttribute("value") || "" === placeholders[i].getAttribute("value")) {
+			placeholders[i].value = placeholders[i].getAttribute("placeholder");
+			placeholders[i].style.color = "#a9a9a9";
+		}
+		placeholders[i].onfocus = function() {
+			if (this.value === this.getAttribute("placeholder")) {
+				this.value = "";
+			}
+			this.style.color = "";
+		};
+		placeholders[i].onblur = function() {
+			if (null === this.value || "" === this.value) {
+				this.value = this.getAttribute("placeholder");
+			}
+		};
+	}
+})();
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Property changes on: wp-content\themes\twentyeleven\js\placeholder.js
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Added: svn:eol-style
   + native

Index: wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/footer.php
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--- wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/footer.php	(revision 19249)
+++ wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/footer.php	(working copy)
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
 	</footer><!-- #colophon -->
 </div><!-- #page -->
 
+<!--[if IE]>
+<script src="<?php echo get_template_directory_uri(); ?>/js/placeholder.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
+<![endif]-->
 <?php wp_footer(); ?>
 
 </body>