The problem is that channers complain, but do not do productive things like file PRs. So problems that matter to channers will remain unresolved.
If you want something done right, do it yourself. Commercial software is no exception to that.
>why Linux on the desktops fails to take hold.
Linux fails to take hold because it doesn't come preinstalled on laptops, and because it doesn't have the critical market share to take over. Basically nothing to do with file pickers.
The ideal use case is just using drag-and-drop behavior from the file manager, instead of implementing the file manager twice. The reality is that products like Windows have shaped people into thinking about the desktop in a certain way, and linux has limited leeway in reshaping those ideas (including their idiosyncrasies like file pickers).
It is obscenely ridiculous to say that people complaining about a missing usability feature that every other tool on the market has, marks somebody as a channer.
As clearly stated in the article, there had been an open issue for almost a decade, and PRs rejected.
When windows is beating you in usability, you have a serious problem.
People don't make PRs because they've seen how difficult it is to get anything done with the GNOME project. So often is there a fix pr or patch that satisfies the code style and standards, but gets rejected despite user demand because, well, the maintainers don't want that thing fixed or changed. Or they do, but they want to make some sort of point by rejecting a change at that time.
GNOME is one of the weirder and more difficult projects for a stranger to contribute to if your change does not fit into a very narrow and specific set of current priorities (unknown to the outside contributor, so good luck!). It is another world-of-wontfix poster child projects and I don't begrudge anyone who doesn't want to go through the hassle compared to most other open source projects they can spend their time on.
Eventually, you're left with just pointing out how ridiculous something is with GNOME and moving on. You're just not going to be able to get a fix merged regardless of merit, quality or tact. It isn't worth the pain.
If you want something done right, do it yourself. Commercial software is no exception to that.
>why Linux on the desktops fails to take hold.
Linux fails to take hold because it doesn't come preinstalled on laptops, and because it doesn't have the critical market share to take over. Basically nothing to do with file pickers.
The ideal use case is just using drag-and-drop behavior from the file manager, instead of implementing the file manager twice. The reality is that products like Windows have shaped people into thinking about the desktop in a certain way, and linux has limited leeway in reshaping those ideas (including their idiosyncrasies like file pickers).