Comment 58 for bug 193232

(In reply to comment #30)
> updated to gvfs-1.0.3-4.fc10
> still the same
> i can get to the shares but it's mounting it, is that by design?
>
> in the past i can get to the share with out mounting them and still i can
> browse to it's contents
> thanks
Yes, that's by design. The philosophy of vfs mounts has changed since gnome-vfs and in order to access the data, you have to mount the share first. The same with "hidden" $ mounts - no decision has been made, we're trying to be consistent with previous versions and existing linux users. But don't expect completely same behaviour like in Windows.

So, from your previous posts I understand the original issue of this bug has been fixed, I'm in favor of closing this bug.