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Try opening a file located on a gvfs mount using VLC or some other non-gnome application, and you'll see why. Even though the applications may use the Gnome file dialog, the dialog itself sometimes hides connected shares, depending on the application. VLC is one example of such an application. They only way to access media on a remote share is to connect to the share using the mount command.
Another use case for visible, and easy to find mount points: What if I need to access an something on a remote share via a command line application? The only way to get to those shares from the terminal is to find the mount points.
Also, I noticed something interesting...I don't even have a ~/.gvfs folder, even though I have gvfs-fuse installed and shares connected.
ma2412ma: Though it would be nice to have a /Volumes at the root of the filesystem, gvfs-fuse is a userspace file system, meaning that once you log out, those shares are disconnected. There would also be permissions issues, which is why it's best to have it in the user's home directory.