Comment 3 for bug 168649

a) Not conforming to the standards of the target platform is a bug, not a
missing feature.
b) The standard common dialog allows previewing, by using the show
miniatures option. Inkscape would just need to implement the IExtractImage
interface.
c) The standard common dialogs have a customizable list of locations on
the left too.
d) The inkscape dialogs miss a lot of necessary functionality: file
operations, context menus, various view modes, mouse back/forward button
support, previews for non-Inkscape files, file grouping and ordering, drag
'n drop, opening files read-only, ...
e) The interface is clunky and impractical, it doesn't remember last save
locations, it looks differently than in other applications, it's ugly and
confusing, the dialog window is not properly owned, ...
There's just so much wrong with it, that fixing it would effectively mean
reïmplementing the standard common dialogs. Which would lead to a plethora
bugs, like things that don't work properly, or things behaving slightly
differently than they should. So don't try to downplay it, but fix this
bug. Please.