Missing "Always Use" checkbox in "Open With" Dialog

[Lonnie Lee Best]

1) Right-click a file in nautilus
2) Select "Open With"
3) Select "Other Application"
4) See the attached screenshot MissingAlwaysCheckbox2.png

Notice that it is missing the check box option to "Always use this program for this kind of file".

Even if their are alternative ways to accomplish this, they are not apparent (user-friendly/requiring-less-steps). I see evidence that this issue has been reported before, and fixes issued, but I'm filling this new bug report because the issue is still present.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: nautilus 1:3.4.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Apr 20 08:31:54 2012
GsettingsChanges:
 org.gnome.nautilus.window-state geometry '687x847+65+204'
 org.gnome.nautilus.window-state sidebar-width 188
 org.gnome.nautilus.window-state start-with-status-bar true
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: nautilus
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-05 (14 days ago)

[Lonnie Lee Best (launchpad-startport)]

Notice how other operating systems handle this. See attachment; they include a convenient check-box.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. The issue you are reporting is an upstream one and it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug to the developers of the software by following the instructions at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME. If you have done so, please tell us the number of the upstream bug (or the link), so we can add a bugwatch that will inform us about its status. Thanks in advance.

[Lonnie Lee Best (launchpad-startport)]

Here is the up-stream of this bug:
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=674480

[Lonnie Lee Best (launchpad-startport)]

Generally I favor "fewer steps" to "more steps".

Your conclusion that this cannot be undone is not correct. It can always be
undone in the same step-intensive way you currently have to do it in the first
place.

5 steps:
Right-click > Properties > Open With > Set Default Application > "Close"
http://neartalk.com/ss/2016-06-07_003_742x636.png

Currently you have do all these non-intuitive steps anytime you want to change
the default application, when usually it would be nicer to set this in one step
as proposed, the first time you open the file type, and then only do the longer
steps in the event that you "change you mind".

I favor "fewer steps" to "more steps". Especially when it is more intuitive (as
what I've proposed is). Concept: "Put settings closer where they're
used".