Index: wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php
===================================================================
--- wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php	(revision 21694)
+++ wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php	(working copy)
@@ -503,8 +503,8 @@
 ?>
 
 	<form name="post" action="<?php echo esc_url( admin_url( 'post.php' ) ); ?>" method="post" id="quick-press">
-		<h4 id="quick-post-title"><label for="title"><?php _e('Title') ?></label></h4>
-		<div class="input-text-wrap">
+		<div class="input-text-wrap" id="title-wrap">
+			<label class="screen-reader-text prompt" for="title" id="title-prompt-text"><?php _e( 'Enter title here' ); ?></label>
 			<input type="text" name="post_title" id="title" autocomplete="off" value="<?php echo esc_attr( $post->post_title ); ?>" />
 		</div>
 
@@ -514,15 +514,15 @@
 		</div>
 		<?php endif; ?>
 
-		<h4 id="content-label"><label for="content"><?php _e('Content') ?></label></h4>
 		<div class="textarea-wrap">
+			<label class="screen-reader-text" for="content"><?php _e( 'Content' ); ?></label>
 			<textarea name="content" id="content" class="mceEditor" rows="3" cols="15"><?php echo esc_textarea( $post->post_content ); ?></textarea>
 		</div>
 
 		<script type="text/javascript">edCanvas = document.getElementById('content');edInsertContent = null;</script>
 
-		<h4><label for="tags-input"><?php _e('Tags') ?></label></h4>
-		<div class="input-text-wrap">
+		<div class="input-text-wrap" id="tags-input-wrap">
+			<label class="screen-reader-text prompt" for="tags-input" id="tags-input-prompt-text"><?php _e( 'Tags (separate with commas)' ); ?></label>
 			<input type="text" name="tags_input" id="tags-input" value="<?php echo get_tags_to_edit( $post->ID ); ?>" />
 		</div>
 
Index: wp-admin/js/dashboard.js
===================================================================
--- wp-admin/js/dashboard.js	(revision 21694)
+++ wp-admin/js/dashboard.js	(working copy)
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-var ajaxWidgets, ajaxPopulateWidgets, quickPressLoad;
+var ajaxWidgets, ajaxPopulateWidgets, quickPressLoad, quickPressHint;
 
 jQuery(document).ready( function($) {
 	/* Dashboard Welcome Panel */
@@ -63,6 +63,30 @@
 	postboxes.add_postbox_toggles(pagenow, { pbshow: ajaxPopulateWidgets } );
 
 	/* QuickPress */
+	quickPressHint = function(id) {
+		id = id || 'title';
+
+		var input = $('#' + id), prompt = $('#' + id + '-prompt-text');
+
+		if ( input.val() == '' )
+			prompt.removeClass('screen-reader-text');
+
+		prompt.click(function(){
+			$(this).addClass('screen-reader-text');
+			input.focus();
+		});
+
+		input.blur(function(){
+			if ( this.value == '' )
+				prompt.removeClass('screen-reader-text');
+		}).focus(function(){
+			prompt.addClass('screen-reader-text');
+		}).keydown(function(e){
+			prompt.addClass('screen-reader-text');
+			$(this).unbind(e);
+		});
+	}
+
 	quickPressLoad = function() {
 		var act = $('#quickpost-action'), t;
 		t = $('#quick-press').submit( function() {
@@ -87,6 +111,9 @@
 
 		$('#publish').click( function() { act.val( 'post-quickpress-publish' ); } );
 
+		quickPressHint();
+		quickPressHint('tags-input');
+
 	};
 	quickPressLoad();
 
Index: wp-admin/css/wp-admin.css
===================================================================
--- wp-admin/css/wp-admin.css	(revision 21694)
+++ wp-admin/css/wp-admin.css	(working copy)
@@ -2805,8 +2805,11 @@
 	position: relative;
 	margin-bottom: 20px;
 }
-#titlediv label { cursor: text; }
 
+#titlediv label {
+	cursor: text;
+}
+
 #titlediv div.inside {
 	margin: 0;
 }
@@ -6018,27 +6021,48 @@
 }
 
 /* QuickPress */
-#dashboard_quick_press h4 {
-	font-family: sans-serif;
-	float: left;
-	width: 5em;
-	clear: both;
-	font-weight: normal;
-	text-align: right;
-	font-size: 12px;
+#dashboard_quick_press .input-text-wrap {
+	position: relative;
 }
 
-#dashboard_quick_press h4 label {
-	margin-right: 10px;
+#dashboard_quick_press .prompt {
+	color: #bbb;
+	position: absolute;
 }
 
+#title-wrap label,
+#tags-input-wrap label {
+	cursor: text;
+}
+
+#title-wrap #title {
+	padding: 2px 6px;
+	font-size: 1.3em;
+	line-height: 100%;
+	outline: none;
+}
+
+#tags-input-wrap #tags-input {
+	outline: none;
+}
+
+#title-wrap #title-prompt-text {
+	font-size: 1.3em;
+	padding: 5px 8px;
+}
+
+#tags-input-wrap #tags-input-prompt-text {
+	font-size: 1em;
+	padding: 4px 8px;
+}
+
 #dashboard_quick_press .input-text-wrap,
 #dashboard_quick_press .textarea-wrap {
-	margin: 0 0 1em 5em;
+	margin: 0 0 1em 0;
 }
 
 #dashboard_quick_press .wp-media-buttons {
-	margin: 0 0 .5em 5em;
+	margin: 0 0 .2em 8px;
 	padding: 0;
 }
 
@@ -6046,16 +6070,12 @@
 	color: #777;
 }
 
-#dashboard-widgets #dashboard_quick_press form p.submit {
-	margin-left: 4.6em;
-}
-
 #dashboard-widgets #dashboard_quick_press form p.submit input {
 	float: left;
 }
 
 #dashboard-widgets #dashboard_quick_press form p.submit #save-post {
-	margin: 0 1em 0 10px;
+	margin: 0 1em 0 0;
 }
 
 #dashboard-widgets #dashboard_quick_press form p.submit #publish {
@@ -8079,17 +8099,6 @@
 .locale-zh-cn #sort-buttons { font-size: 1em !important; }
 
 /* ru_RU: Text needs more room to breathe. */
-.locale-ru-ru #dashboard_quick_press .input-text-wrap,
-.locale-ru-ru #dashboard_quick_press .textarea-wrap,
-.locale-ru-ru #dashboard_quick_press .wp-media-buttons  {
-	margin-left: 5.7em; /* default 5em + 0.7em */
-}
-.locale-ru-ru #dashboard_quick_press h4 {
-	width: 5.7em; /* default 5.5em + 0.2em */
-}
-.locale-ru-ru #dashboard-widgets #dashboard_quick_press form p.submit {
-	margin-left: 5.3em; /* default 4.6em + 0.7em */
-}
 .locale-ru-ru .inline-edit-row fieldset label span.title {
 	width: auto; /* default 5em */
 	min-width: 5em;
@@ -8104,15 +8113,7 @@
 	width: 245px; /* default 200px + 45px */
 }
 
-/* lt_LT: QuickPress + QuickEdit */
-.locale-lt-lt #dashboard_quick_press .input-text-wrap,
-.locale-lt-lt #dashboard_quick_press .textarea-wrap,
-.locale-lt-lt #dashboard_quick_press .wp-media-buttons  {
-	margin-left: 7em;
-}
-.locale-lt-lt #dashboard_quick_press h4 {
-	width: 7em;
-}
+/* lt_LT: QuickEdit */
 .locale-lt-lt .inline-edit-row fieldset label span.title {
 	width: 8em;
 }
Index: wp-admin/css/ie-rtl.css
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--- wp-admin/css/ie-rtl.css	(revision 21694)
+++ wp-admin/css/ie-rtl.css	(working copy)
@@ -78,10 +78,6 @@
 	padding-left: 1px;
 }
 
-#dashboard_quick_press h4 {
-	text-align: right;
-}
-
 .tagchecklist span a {
 	margin: 4px -9px 0 0;
 }
Index: wp-admin/css/wp-admin-rtl.css
===================================================================
--- wp-admin/css/wp-admin-rtl.css	(revision 21694)
+++ wp-admin/css/wp-admin-rtl.css	(working copy)
@@ -1850,41 +1850,12 @@
 }
 
 /* QuickPress */
-#dashboard_quick_press h4 {
-	float: right;
-	text-align: left;
-}
-
-#dashboard_quick_press .wp-media-buttons {
-	margin: 0 5em 0.5em 0;
-}
-
-#dashboard_quick_press h4 label {
-	margin-right: 0;
-	margin-left: 10px;
-}
-
-#dashboard_quick_press .input-text-wrap,
-#dashboard_quick_press .textarea-wrap {
-	margin: 0 5em 1em 0;
-}
-
-#dashboard_quick_press #media-buttons {
-	margin: 0 5em .5em 0;
-	padding: 0;
-}
-
-#dashboard-widgets #dashboard_quick_press form p.submit {
-	margin-left: 0;
-	margin-right: 4.6em;
-}
-
 #dashboard-widgets #dashboard_quick_press form p.submit input {
 	float: right;
 }
 
 #dashboard-widgets #dashboard_quick_press form p.submit #save-post {
-	margin: 0 10px 0 1em;
+	margin: 0 0 0 1em;
 }
 
 #dashboard-widgets #dashboard_quick_press form p.submit #publish {