I see this bug is marked as "Wishlist". Judging this from an "enterprise point of view" (or "corporate environment", like Alexandr wrote): This "wishlist item" stops us from deploying Ubuntu/Gnome/Unity on our desktops on a larger scale at the moment. We deployed some desktops with Ubuntu 11.10 and the two main applications used on the client side are Firefox and Libreoffice. We have a Samba setup where most of the user files (documents etc.) are saved on a Samba share (which is visible to Nautilus through GVFS). Not having an easy way for the user to download a file from Firefox to their share directly or upload it from the share to some intranet side breaks the workflow of most users.
I tried to circumvent the problem by using symbolic links to the "~/.gvfs" directory but this disturbs many users because in Nautilus they can access the share through "Network" or "Bookmarks". Is there perhaps an easier and more user-friendly work-around for this bug? Otherwise I "wish" the status of this bug would get more attention. Funny thing is, on Windows I can tell the users to "just use drive M:" for their own files. Althoug I hate drive letters, I have yet to find such an easy way to teach users with Gnome ;-) (BTW, Libreoffice also had problems with GVFS but I can't find a bug number at the moment.) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/697440 Title: Can't save files over the network using applications that don't use GVFS To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/audacity/+bug/697440/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
