Internally described edit-boxes

Hi,

  In KDE3 it was obvious:
Search [              ]

  in KDE4 there is some space saved, and we have
[ Search               ]

  Once you click in such editbox, label is gone.

I opt for getting back, to regular look:
a) the description is not clear -- usually italic, shadowed font is 
used
b) the description only lasts when there is no focus -- try system 
settings, click in search, fine, but now try to get the description 
back. Where to click? (*)
c) when some data are entered, you no longer have informative 
editboxes but only a bunch of ambiguous edit boxes with some data


  For me it is an example of stretching savings too far -- UI should 
be clear, informative, with such kind of label it is no longer the 
case.

  What are your thoughts?

Cheers,

(*) actually it is a bit worse, editbox has focus from the start, so 
user sees some blank editbox. "Go figure, what it does".
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