The Sanctity of Elements, or Why You Shouldn't Be Double-Clicking in a TEXTAREA
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/javascript/2002/05/03/megnut.html

Hourihan, Meg
O'Reilly and Associates
2002

Abstract:

All-too-frequently an external client or an internal manager or co-worker demands interface changes. They usurp the design process -- taking the decision-making away from the experts -- and deign the interface by dictum rather than traditional development processes, to the detriment of the product.