This issue stopped me from migrating to Ubuntu for ~18 months (and I still haven't for other reasons). I have hundreds, maybe thousands of URLs scattered in project folders. There's no way I could migrate from Windows without this functionality. I'm sure there are many others the same.
It seems such a simple, trivial enhancement which will benefit anyone hoping to migrate from Windows. It should have received attention long ago.
This issue stopped me from migrating to Ubuntu for ~18 months (and I still haven't for other reasons). I have hundreds, maybe thousands of URLs scattered in project folders. There's no way I could migrate from Windows without this functionality. I'm sure there are many others the same.
It seems such a simple, trivial enhancement which will benefit anyone hoping to migrate from Windows. It should have received attention long ago.
Then again, Ubuntu / Nautilus can't even open its own URL shortcuts reliably - https:/ /bugs.launchpad .net/ubuntu/ +source/ nautilus/ +bug/252902 , http:// bugzilla. gnome.org/ show_bug. cgi?id= 518481