Having had a look at the upstream bug, I agree with the idea of consistency between the different methods (Places menu, GtkFileSelector, computer:/// location and Places sidebar) but I think the current implementation has only achieved half of that.
Why not apply the idea of consistency all the way through and make the Places menu, the GtkFileSelector, computer:/// and the Places sidebar have all the same behaviour and show only mounted volumes? Why is there a need to show unmounted volumes, anyway? The first thing a new user will do is click on the unmounted volume and get a cryptic "Unable to mount the selected volume" error message and think there is something wrong. And as I said before, I think that the behaviour of Nautilus 2.12.1 (i.e. in Breezy) fitted more to GNOME's idea of not showing unnecessary or potentially confusing information or properties to the user. -- not mounted devices lists by nautilus places sidebar https://launchpad.net/bugs/41740 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
