I just tried this on a [downloaded especially!] 13.04 live image, and it's still here.
Dragging from a nautilus window to the desktop, the file lands where you put it. Dragging from file-roller to the desktop, it snaps into the first available slot starting from the top left. This specific file-roller case is at https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=513508 ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #513508 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=513508 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/246981 Title: drag and drop to nautilus desktop places icons in random spot Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts: Incomplete Status in Nautilus: Expired Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: Binary package hint: file-roller When extracting something to the desktop from file-roller using drag'n'drop, the item is not placed where the mouse cursor was when the mouse button is raised but at a random spot. This is happening for me on hardy. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/hundredpapercuts/+bug/246981/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp