Comment 7 for bug 391839

Can I vote against this bug? This type of behaviour obfuscates the file system adding basically no benefit at all. Most users will stick to the default folders. Especially on OS X where there are default folders called "Documents", "Pictures", "Movies", etc. That is a much better way to improve the user experience.

The use of .hidden files is just going to cost processor cycles and disk accesses for every directory listing. And it certainly does not protect the file system since file permissions are still required to prevent access to unauthorized users.

Please consider removing this wishlist item. I've seen it show up in Kubuntu so if this is already something that has been created, I would consider it a bug that should be removed ASAP to prevent further confusion especially to power users and system administrators. Having to "just know" about .hidden files is a barrier to these important groups of users.