I suggest we get rid of the Global system preferences box under the Koha administration label on admin-home.pl. You can do the same search in the search box ABOVE the Koha administration label.
I like the visibility of the search box in the body of the page (but I'm biased...I added it). I would prefer that we give it a unique ID to make it easy to hide it with custom CSS.
Thx for filing this Christopher, it's always good to discuss these kinds of things. I tend to be biased too, as I end up using it quite often for its better visiblity. So I think siding with Owen here. Would you be ok with the ID?
I guess. It just drives me nuts to use up screen space to duplicate a function.
I used it often too, although I know the search on top has the same function ;)
Can't you just turn the top search filed blue or something? I'm not sure why having it two inches lower makes any difference. It's just wasted space, IMO.