spoorun added a comment.

  In https://phabricator.kde.org/D10245#199562, @rkflx wrote:
  
  > -1 from my side because:
  >
  > - Dolphin: By default, the sidebar now has an ugly scrollbar. (The 
screenshot is "staged" in that regard.)
  > - Gwenview: This clutters the Places list on the Start Page with a bunch of 
stuff not relevant for users (e.g. Music). I'm still busy fixing the fallout 
from the last patch similarly adding unwanted/broken entries, so please help 
out if you must add this globally. Note this is not only about Gwenview, but a 
lot of other apps using `KFilePlaces` are not interested in some of the entries 
either.
  > - In general: Now there's duplication with Search For. For example, what's 
the difference between "Documents" and "Documents"? (Not everybody is aware of 
the headers, and rightfully shouldn't!) Same for "Pictures" vs. "Images". Maybe 
I could live with that if this only appeared if Baloo was turned off.
  > - Plugged in an external thumbdrive? Good luck finding it below the fold! 
(This should be solved first by moving things around a bit.)
  >
  >   I'd rather use `KFilePlaces` more as a bookmark thingy, i.e. something 
where users add custom entries they want to see either in all or in specific 
apps. Those are highly specialized folders in my experience, depending on 
user's workflows and not something we could predict. Better leave some space so 
users can customize themselves.
  >
  >   Sorry Nate, I know you meant well. Nevertheless, let's hear first what 
others have to say, maybe I'm wrong or we could tone down the list a bit…
  
  
  I disagree about the search entries - they are incredibly useful, again for 
lay users, or just those with not much time, searching for an image, document, 
or pdf - not knowing which folder they are in - are incredibly common tasks 
that warrant prime location for all to discover.

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